Vacation photos, greetings from Duluth

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Friday morning, Grand Marias. The Reverend Mother, Tiger Lilly, Mall Diva and Ben have set off on a five-hour hike. There’s no wi-fi on the Cascade Trail, however, so I can’t “live-blog” the hike. Therefore I left them at the trailhead and “hiked” myself to the cyber-cafe. Having hiked with this group before, however, here’s a sample of the conversation:

Tiger Lilly: There’s a boulder!
Mall Diva: That’s a niiice boulder.
Rev. Mum: I need to find a potty.
Ben: Take your pick of any tree.

Personally, I don’t do five-hour hikes unless there’s a golfball involved. You’d think the girls would have figured this out by now, and brought golf balls along. Then they could just throw a golf ball out ahead and I’d take off after it like a Labrador. Don’t tell them.

Anyway, I have an opportunity to upload some photos of our vacation so far. After a late getaway Wednesday afternoon (when you’ve borrowed a minivan you simply can’t leave until every available inch of space has been filled with indispensable supplies) we were as far as Duluth by dinner-time. That’s okay, Duluth is one of our favorite places, especially around Canal Park. Evening light is also great for taking photos. The hikers have the digital camera today, so photos from Grand Marias and vicinity are yet to come.

A couple shots of the Duluth canal lighthouses.

The Mall Diva and Ben gaze out over Lake Superior, perhaps wondering if it’s even as big as their future together.

Hmmm. Birds are flying south, leaves are beginning to turn, there’s a nip in the air. That can only mean…it’s wrist-sweater season!

A meditative moose.

A couple of years ago the ACLU threatened to sue Duluth because there was a 10 Commandments monument in front of the courthouse (donated by the Fraternal Order of Eagles back in the 1950s) on public land. The monument was then purchased by private interests and now sits on private land — where you can still visit them and, perhaps, even read them! Living by them is still up to you.

6 thoughts on “Vacation photos, greetings from Duluth”

  2. They’re a Mall Diva trademark, especially in the Minnesota blogosphere where she is taunted constantly. She’s not swayed by public opinion, though. There’s probably an official name for these “semi-mittens” but she called them “wrist-sweaters” and “wrist-sweaters” they shall always be. I got them for her for Christmas a couple of years ago, at Fossil, I think. The RM and TL have their own as well; perhaps one of these three will reveal their supplier.

  3. Nowhere did I see ‘insidious’ in your description. Simple oversight on your part.

    I’m wondering if she might have some brass knuckles sewn in those, keep old Ben in line. Or would that be in Tiger Lilly’s pair.

    Looks like you’re all having a grand time. Knowing you guys, I bet there’s been lots of laughter along the way. (except when Ben and RM have been trying to work on that crossword puzzle)

  4. Looks like you guys are having a great time up there. Duluth is a lot of fun – we went up there for a vacation a few years back and it worked out really well.

    By the way, you’ve been nominated for the Mayor of the MOB. You may want to get ready for a bruising campaign – it appears that JRoosh is taking no prisoners….

  5. Hmm, from the photo that might be the Hen Commandments…

    Duluth is a lot of fun. The last couple of Memorial Days we’ve gone up there and stayed in Canal Park.

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