trip to deluth

awhile back we made a trip to deluth, MN for a long weekend to attend a wedding of allison's college friend dane. it was quite the trip...i'm not much of a planner, so i rely heavily on allison to remember all the details of what needs to happen. this wouldn't be a problem, but allison really isn't much of a planner either, so it makes for some interesting times.

we left right after work on a thursday and drove just to north of the twin cities for a night of camping. i was quite proud i had printed off all the maps of deluth, the campsite area and where our hotel was. my confidence was shattered when allison suddenly asks, "did you remember the invitation?" oops. we are almost to the MN border and we don't know where the wedding is, where the reception is, how to get to either one, or what time they start. i finally got the idea to call my boss, who happens to own the building where we live, get into our place and have him find the invitation and relay this valuable information to us. we had a lot of fun camping that night. here is allison with her work of art and our roaring fire...
when we got there friday, we drove along the north shore of lake superior and even waded out into it. the next day we drove around the more scenic parts of deluth and enjoyed seeing a bridge that went up and down, some old ship anchors and many other little odds and ends.



on our way back to iowa, we took the scenic route through wisconsin. we managed to hit several town celebrations, causing lots of slow moving traffic. one town was even hosting the Stihl lumberjacking competition. lots of verrry interesting people in that town.

it was a fun little mini vacation and it makes us look forward to our next mini vacation to dallas over labor day.