For my thirty second birthday the kids, dog, Adam and I headed the North Shore past Duluth to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
We booked a “back pack” site a couple of months ago, thinking we truly wanted a secluded campsite. Well, maybe that was a good idea when it is two adults, but throw in a four year old and ask her to walk three plus miles a day and you get this:
Day Two Camping, We’ve Walked at Least Three Miles & Up/Down 300 Stairs
Violet sits down.
“Mom, I just want to go home.”
I respond, by asking her if she thinks this is a beautiful place.
Violet looks around at our incredible surroundings.
“Yes. But I hate it.”
It was a truly magical place, but we’ll stay in the very secluded, but much more “kid friendly” cart in sites next year. Each site comes with its own wheelbarrow to haul in one’s gear! Ah now that’s luxurious camping.
Here are some pictures of our trip. I’ve never seen my family happier, or dirtier. My birthday dinner consisted of tofu dogs and Smoking Loon wine. Fabulous! A highlight of that night was being scared out of our mind when this bird started its “warning” shriek and a pack of timberwolves started to bark and howl. It was awesome.
