While I have a few minutes, here's part two of our trip. Thursday we left Jeff and Lindsay's and headed down to the Cities. We've been there twice before on quick weekend trips, but this time felt different. I got to show Randy a few more of my favorite spots...including a day trip up to Duluth.
Favorite Place #1 - Grand Old Creamery
MMMMMmmmmm...homemade waffle cones. You can smell them down the street. Yum. And the ice cream isn't too bad either. I spent a few dollars here in college...Sunday nights with the ICC - Ice Cream Club (we even had a secret handshake).
Favorite Place #2 - Canal Park and Park Point in Duluth
Wyatt & me in front of the Lift BridgeI could not believe how surreal it was to go up to Duluth. I had MANY good times in high school driving the hour and fifteen minutes southeast (yes, I grew up NORTH of Duluth) to Duluth. It has been five years since I was there last, and it was good to be there and really fun to show Randy and Wyatt the lakefront.
Family pic on the lakefront
On Canal Park Dr.
Wyatt smelling the roses (and reaching for the thorns) in Leif Eric Rose Garden (And yes, his sweatshirt does have the most adorable ears on it! Our Bear). The garden was in gorgeous full bloom right on the lakefront. Would have loved to have Randy's rose-growing family there with us!
A taconite ship headed out to sea, a common sight in this city so close to the Iron Range. It felt funny feeling like a tourist in a place that was once so close to home. We almost headed up Hwy. 53 to my old hometown, but we were getting plenty of car time as it was.
To all our MN friends, we're sorry we didn't have time to see all of you!
Part three - Taylors Falls and Bonnie's wedding still to come.
7 comments:
DANA! I am ashamed. :) First of all, it was Wednesday nights. And ICC? Are you serious? It was ICS--Ice Cream Squad! I even remembered a song that we made up and Erica and I recently laughed about it.
Great pictures--LOVE Duluth!
Your Duluth pictures are making me a wee bit homesick. :} Looks like a fun, busy trip!
Erin! I KNEW something was wrong! It has been almost 10 years. Excuses, excuses. But it was Sunday nights...we didn't go to Vespers that semester, remember?
Awww-I have pictures of me you and Ty in Duluth I think the summer he lived up there at home we all went one day for you guys to show it to me. Crazy, seems like FOREVER ago. Looks like you guys had a very fun trip-even if it was a lot of hours in the car! Can't wait to see pics of Bonnie's wedding.
Carolyn
Care, it WAS forever ago! I thought of that and the pics we have of the two of us on the rocks. Fun day.
It may have been on Sundays at some point, but it definitely started on Wednesdays--I remember Dan came from leading worship at youth group. :)
Why do you call your kid bear?? Sounds like an odd nickname!
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