Friday, June 27, 2008

Another reason to love northern Minnesota

On the evening of June 25, we turned on the air conditioner in our bedroom for the first time. It had been cool enough to sleep till then!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Miri's summer job as a lifeguard


Our little climber shimmied right up to the lifeguard stand at Carey Lake Beach. God, she's cute!!

Duck Ride


Well, Miri may never be able to enjoy an Authentic Wisconsin Dells Duck ride, but she did ride the duck at Carey Lake Beach....

A whale of a tire swing...



While our buddy Jenn was visiting from Illinois, we all went to The Hull-Rust Iron Mine View. It's a big freaking hole in the ground, but Miri found fun things to climb. ***

Smootchy Face on the Beach


Because storming the beach isn't enough, an accomplished Knight must make off with the lovely damsel....




A Day at the Fair...and the Beach






Our buddy Jenn came up from Illinois on June 12 to go with us to the Olde World Renaissance Fair in Twig, MN. We had such a good time that we hardly took any pictures. So enjoy this one of all of us in our garb.







After the fair, we weren't quite ready to go home, so we headed into Duluth and went down to a public beach on Lake Superior. Nothing like rennies in the sand to confuse people.


Miri Throws Rocks...on a Windy Day.

Happy Dance!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Canadian Scenery






Here is some of the lovely scenery around the Coach House on the north shore of Lake Superior. Including a little wood nymph we found in our room!

Oh, Canada!






Over Memorial Day weekend, we headed up to Terrace Bay, Ontario to visit Granny Patti and Grampy Dennis at their motel, the Coach House. Miri certainly enjoyed the great outdoorsy stuff in and around their place.

Moving Day




On January 27-28, Cole, Miriam and our buddy Sven moved from Wichita to Hibbing. It was a long two days, starting early on Sunday. First Miri said goodbye to James and Aubrey Hook, two of her favorite people. Then into the car and off. They stopped in Des Moines, Iowa for the first night. Miri has no trouble sleeping in strange places, especially since she has her very own DVD player!