Babymoon

So this yesteryear weekend nosotros went on a Babymoon! We wanted 1 final weekend away earlier our lives are flipped upside downwards (in a proficient way!) yesteryear our picayune girl. We had such a prissy fourth dimension taking inwards the scenic North Shore of Minnesota. For me, it was so fun to teach dorsum to all of the places I loved when I was a picayune daughter (and a few novel places) as well as for Jesse at that topographic point was to a greater extent than novel than old.

Our starting fourth dimension stop, of course, was Betty's Pies for breakfast on Sabbatum morn earlier taking off to Split Rock Lighthouse. It was delish! H5N1 swell agency to teach unloose energy for, what turned out to hold out a to a greater extent than adventurous twenty-four hours than nosotros had planned!

Next, Split Rock. Yes, the motion painting they play at that topographic point is STILL the exact same motion painting equally they played 20 years ago, only it was fun to spotter as well as it was swell to walk unopen to as well as conduct maintain inwards the beautiful views.

The low-cal within the occur of the lighthouse.

Jesse as well as the lighthouse.

Next, nosotros took a pit halt at Palisade Head for some other sentiment of the lake. Jesse freaked me out a picayune when he walked fearlessly correct upwards to the edge, piece I watched him from a distance. However, it was totally worth going upwards there.

The sentiment of Shovel Point from Palisade Head.

Then, nosotros drove upwards Highway 61 a picayune farther to Tettegouche State Park, where the existent conduct chances began. It seems nosotros conduct maintain a habit of hiking inwards the pouring rain. H5N1 few years agone nosotros were hiking on a sheer cliff inwards Glacier National Park when nosotros were caught inwards a hail storm. While this wasn't nearly as treacherous, at that topographic point were H5N1 LOT of hills as well as stairs as well as at 35 weeks important I am super proud that I a) made it through the twenty-four hours as well as b) didn't complain 1 bit. It was genuinely pretty refreshing! 

There aren't equally many pictures from that role of our twenty-four hours equally I would've liked, only it was nonetheless great. We hiked almost three miles, which does non audio similar a lot, only yous conduct maintain to squall back that inwards Northern Minnesota that meant three miles of direct upwards as well as direct down, slippery dirt, stone as well as tree origin paths, combined amongst literally HUNDREDS of wooden stairs. Of course, what goes up, must come upwards downwards as well as vice versa, so hiking to the bottom of two waterfalls also meant hiking dorsum upwards them. By the end, nosotros were soaked, tired, hungry, only nonetheless smiling!

We were planning on heading to Shovel Point for 1 to a greater extent than hike, only at that betoken nosotros didn't run across an cease to the pelting so nosotros went to our resort to banking venture agree in. We stayed at Cove Point Lodge as well as got a genuinely proficient bargain through Crowd Cut (why pay total price, right) that included dinner, breakfast, our room, chocolate as well as champagne. When Jesse checked us inwards he refused the champagne as well as the genuinely had a bottle of alcohol gratis champagne for us to portion instead...so nice!

We went downwards to the hot tub for a piece earlier dinner (I sat on the edge, only it nonetheless felt GREAT on my tired legs) as well as so enjoyed a sentiment of the lake, Norwegian chicken, steak as well as walleye. Yum! The resort was on a cove (hence, the name) as well as nosotros were able to conduct maintain some other (very) brusk hike out onto the other side of the cove, which was a really cool, rocky betoken as well as teach some swell photos of the Sun reflecting off the clouds.

You'd never know at that topographic point was a resort correct behind me!

View from the cove.

Our resort from the other side of the cove.

North shore rocks!

The tempest was nonetheless there...heading north.

Then nosotros establish some prissy chairs as well as shared our "champagne" exterior earlier the bugs chased us away.

The side yesteryear side morning, nosotros were able to brand 1 to a greater extent than halt for a (very easy) 1-mile hike on the Silver Creek Cliff trail that runs along the quondam Highway 61 side yesteryear side to the Silver Cliff Tunnel. I squall back driving along that exact spot when I was little, so it was weird to hold out walking on it now. Next year, nosotros are planning on bringing our picayune daughter upwards for a wheel ride (or several) on the Gitchi-Gami State Trail. We tin hardly aspect to portion a house nosotros dear so much amongst her!

It was a wonderful weekend...hard to hold out dorsum inwards the motorcar going dorsum to chores, move as well as dishes, only nosotros are so thankful for the swell fourth dimension nosotros had to pass together!