A climb well worth it...

It's a cool breezy morning here on the North shore. 

Rick and I are on our annual autumn get-away, a little piece of heaven on earth. 

This is the view from our sofa, as I sip on my Irish Cream Latte,

 and listen to the roar of lake Superior, it's quite breath-taking!

Yesterday we arrived in Tofte, MN about noon. 

Our lodge is basically in the heart of the Superior National Forest. 

We have many options for hiking, this time we decided to try a trek we had never done....

Carlton peak

The peak is 1526 ft above sea level and is part of the Sawtooth Mountain Range which boarders Lake Superior from Beaver Bay to Grand Marais.

Before I go on about our adventure....

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky.

Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities, 

His eternal power and divine nature. 

So they have no excuse for not knowing God.  Roman 1:20 NLT

This did not happen by chance....amen

 Never a dull moment with this man...he's the best!

We know we are on the right trail by the blue marking on the tree....whew  :) 

It was a bit of a challenge, but nothing I wasn't up for 

The summit

 Yay, we did it!!! 

Lake Superior in the background, it's so hard to capture the dimension on camera, 

just take my word for it....we were Wayyyyyyyy up there.

 Of course, there had to be a golf swing (with my walking stick)

Perched on the summit of Carlton Peak

 Pure beauty

Today the forecast says, 100% rain 

 We may have a day of R&R, or we may venture into Grand Marais and do some shopping, 

either way we are happy to be doing what ever our little hearts desire.