I"m Back!

Sorry I'm late, and also that I wasn't able to write all week.  But I wasn't the only one, we all had Nooks, Kindles, Ipad, Iphones, Blackberry and whatever else, that would not get us into the network.  Well I take that back....it would connect and disconnect several times in a minute....but mostly disconnect.  The Lodge even offered free WiFi, and none of us could get it to work long enough to do anything with it.  Frist Drat!! There will be more!
(Just started this, and my computer shutdown on it's own....can I get any later?)

(left to right: Bonnie Sass, Lois Bjerke, and Judy Vermuelen)

Bonnie and Judy almost arrived at the same time (9:30 a.m.) on Sunday, and I thought we packed and pulled out right away....but we didn't get to Lois's in Anoka by the fairgrounds, till 10:20.  So by the time we left there it was 10:30, and Lois showed us how to get to North Branch the back way from her house, and she thought it was faster.  Bonnie and I sure didn't....I think it took at least 15 or 20 minutes longer that way.  Too much 50 mile an hour driving, where we could have gotten back onto Hwy 10 and went back to 35W on 610 and been to 35W already in 10 minutes or so.  It might have been shorter mile wise, but not in time.
Anyway we didn't get to Toby's in Hinkley for Brunch till 11:45.  We ate and I bought a couple of caramel rolls to take along with us for breakfast on Monday.
We then headed for Duluth and Canal Park.  We parked as close to the lift bridge as possible, and got to watch it lift to let a couple of sailboats and a tour boat go through.
It was a warm Sunday afternoon, and we enjoyed sitting and watching the boats and people go by.  I also bought some cheese curds from "Crabby Bills" as we walked back to our car.  They were really good!! We all agreed!
We arrived at the "Grand Superior Lodge" about 7 miles north of Two Harbors at about 3:30.  Check in isn't until 4:30 p.m., but they let us check in.  We had a nice room with a view of the shoreline an opened the window so we could hear the waves crash into the rocks.  There was a wedding going on in the lower level of the Lodge, and we got to see them taking pictures right under our window where we were assuming the wedding took place. (A wooden arch of sorts!)  The bride had a bright red band at the waist of her dress, and the vail was trimmed with what looked like red ribbon.  The brides maids wore the same red dresses, and the flower girl wore white too. So that entertained us for a while.  After settling in and getting unpacked, we were ready to find dinner, and I suggested we go to the Rustic Inn just down the road a block.  Gene and I always ate there atleast once on our trips to the North Shore.  It has changed some, they even have a bar at one end and the menu has jumped in price to meet the higher rates of the fancier places along the shore.
Dinner was great, and we headed back to the Lodge and Judy and I played some cribbage...getting beat, I decided I'd read for awhile instead.  I think it was shortly thereafter we found that the toilet wasn't flushing, and we had to call and get someone to come and plunge it for us.  (Drat #2) Hmmmm! a sign of things to come?
Okay, I will continue to write more about the trip tomorrow.  For today, I better get this done.  I'm feeling great!  Just needed to catchup on some sleep this morning.  Love and Prayers, m