Duluth Weekend

We promised the kids when we were in Duluth in August, we would go again this year. There were so many people up there that weekend, we just could not do everything we wanted to. We went to Duluth over MEA weekend because the kids had Thursday and Friday off from school.

We went to the aquarium first thing because Isaac informed us we had to. "Mom we have to go to the acarimum first." I love how he pronounces it! Here he is touching a sting ray with Dad's help. He really wanted to touch it, but was scared.

Declan loved touching the sting ray and did it many times. I even touched it. I guess the stingers were removed and these are tame. It was cool! They are softer than you think, too.

We also went to Lake Superior Zoo. This very ugly snake is the sandbox at the kids play area. Now, for those of you who don't know, I am deathly scared of snakes. I gew up in IL where there are poisonous ones and never forgot. I cannot even read a snake book to the kids because I have nightmares. I know, I am sad. I was taking pictures of the kids with the snake, unwillingly and they begged for me to be in one with them. I started walking up to it and saw that eye looking at me and almost backed out. I sat there for 2 pictures and got out as fast as I could. I guess it is sort of like facing your fear.

Then I had to take these pictures! It is not going to be easy to scrapbook these pictures.

Aren't the fall colors at the zoo pretty? We were up there at the tail end of the fall colors and it was still beautiful. I can only imagine what it looks like at the peak colors.

Our other big adventure was going up the North Shore to Split Rock Lighthouse. Then we spent a couple hours climbing on these rocks by the water. It was chilly, but fun!

There was also many hours spent at the water park in our motel!