Monday, December 29, 2014
Knife River (cont.)
Some more photos from Knife River! These would not upload when I wrote the original Knife River post because the file sizes were too large, but now that I've resized them I'll try again....
Monday, December 8, 2014
Knife River
I could blame my failure to keep up on blog posting this year on many things, but I think the main culprit is the fact that I finally joined the 21st century this year and got a smart phone. Now that I actually have Internet connectivity and a decent camera built into my phone, my old digital camera has started to gather dust and my main mode of sharing photos and information about what's going on in our lives has become Facebook. But that said, I should still try to get a few more posts up here for posterity before the end of the year!
We spent an enjoyable long weekend in late July up in Knife River (10 miles north of Duluth) with Grandma and Grandpa B., Erik, Tami, and Vivian. We found a cabin on the Vacation Rentals by Owner website (vrbo.com), and while it was a bit cozier than we had expected from the photos and the description, a good time was had by all, and none of the children fell down the steep rocky hillside that lurked just over the edge of the cabin's expansive front lawn overlooking Lake Superior. Other trip highlights: Sammy's Pizza in Duluth, the Great Lakes Aquarium, Bjorn actually napping in his Pack 'n' Play every day of the trip (but then learning how to climb out of it on the last day...), the kids all being super interested in the collection of Garfield comic books Vivian had checked out from the library, playing with fly swatters on the deck, watching and listening to the trains speeding by on the train track immediately behind the cabin, seeing a double rainbow over Lake Superior, having time for pleasure reading, and a good share of napping by the adults as well. It was much easier traveling with Bjorn this year now that we only had to worry about getting in one nap per day instead of two, and Aaron and I both felt like this was the first family trip that felt remotely relaxing for either of us. Next year, better still (fingers crossed)!
Some photos from the trip....
We spent an enjoyable long weekend in late July up in Knife River (10 miles north of Duluth) with Grandma and Grandpa B., Erik, Tami, and Vivian. We found a cabin on the Vacation Rentals by Owner website (vrbo.com), and while it was a bit cozier than we had expected from the photos and the description, a good time was had by all, and none of the children fell down the steep rocky hillside that lurked just over the edge of the cabin's expansive front lawn overlooking Lake Superior. Other trip highlights: Sammy's Pizza in Duluth, the Great Lakes Aquarium, Bjorn actually napping in his Pack 'n' Play every day of the trip (but then learning how to climb out of it on the last day...), the kids all being super interested in the collection of Garfield comic books Vivian had checked out from the library, playing with fly swatters on the deck, watching and listening to the trains speeding by on the train track immediately behind the cabin, seeing a double rainbow over Lake Superior, having time for pleasure reading, and a good share of napping by the adults as well. It was much easier traveling with Bjorn this year now that we only had to worry about getting in one nap per day instead of two, and Aaron and I both felt like this was the first family trip that felt remotely relaxing for either of us. Next year, better still (fingers crossed)!
Some photos from the trip....
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