After Nick got home from Poland, we left for the North Shore in Minnesota.
Lake Superior is one of my favorite areas.
We were getting there at the end of a holiday weekend so we thought we might be able to find a spot without reserving but I called on our way just to be sure.
They were booked.
And furthermore, it costs $10 to reserve a spot which bumped up the price quite a bit.
The Eckbeck was in the perfect location and the price was great($14 a night) but it did not have water or electric.
We were borrowing my in-law’s camper so we did not have are usual setup which meant no heat at all while we were there.
Since the boys were staying in a tent I thought we could tough it out at least for a night.
It poured our first night.
The boys ended up getting soaked and bailed out to the vehicle.
We ended up getting them a new tent that was hopefully a little bit drier.
Our first hike was in Tettegouche State Park to High Falls.
It was a pretty hike and brought back all the memories of when Nick and I backpacked in this area several years and kids ago…
Tettegouche is a beautiful state park!
All of the kids wanted to see a cave down below so Nick held onto them just to be safe.
It made for fun pictures!
I opt for easy one pot meals while rving.
We went down to Gooseberry Falls and Split Rock Lighthouse State Park the next day.
Nick is great at the technical shots like water blur on this waterfall!
After a very rough first night, Nick suggested that I go to the lighthouse alone since there is an entrance fee.
I did not stay long but it was a nice quiet look at the lighthouse and the view from there.
Afterwards we all went to a spot in the park you can go down to the water and see the lighthouse.
The kids saw a scuba diver and decided to try out the freezing cold water…
I got a lot of video of screaming kids when the cold water touched them.
We were gearing up for a big day the next day and hoping we would get more sleep for it!
We paid one night at a time for our camping spot because we were not sure we could do 4 nights with so little sleep!
That night there was a possible Aurora Borealis so I went out and watched for it.
His parents and some of the kids came out for a bit also.
Nick’s dad went also with all his brothers kids and we accidently went to opposite sides of the event.
Thankfully we finally figured it out!
I can’t really blame them, everything is better with cousins.
There are so many things to see and do there!
The twins have some pretty bad allergies so one of them figured out right away being anywhere near the threshing was a bad idea!
We ended the event by swapping some kids and then when we got to our opposite sides remembering that our oldest had our keys…
Milo was so spoiled while up there!
It is a small zoo but actually has a lot to see!
By the time anyone was even somewhat in the picture my second oldest was kind of done…
My kids probably saw this same look from me several times while Nick was gone…
Love watching these girls together.
This girl is crazy strong.