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Thursday, February 21, 2019

We like cabins and lakes....and winter get-aways!

It was just time for Rick and I to head out for a little R & R. 
It's a busy season of life for us right now but we saw a break in the action 
so we decided to run up to one of our favorite areas to visit....
Then North Shore on Lake Superior.

We didn't go to our usual place in Lutsen MN this time, instead we stopped well before that 
near Two Harbors, which is only about 20 minutes north of Duluth.
 We rented a two-bedroom cabin on the shore of (frozen) Lake Superior, 
 The resort is called "Breezy Point Cabins on the Lake".
A beautiful cabin which was tore down and rebuilt in 2018, everything was new and so nice!

The Camera will never do it justice, but this is the view from our king size bed.
We were told that the Lake is not always frozen in February, but this winter it is.

From the back. 
The window on the right is our bedroom, on the left is the living room.

We had plenty of time to just sit and be.
It might be hard to come home....

A look to the north of our cabin...so pretty!

On our way up we stopped just north of Duluth at Brighton Beach along the shore.
As you can see the lake freezes and then thaws causing these giant ice chunks along the shore.
Someone was hungry.
Lots of folks were out walking on the lake. Also not shown, were many ice houses.

We went on a few adventures during our 3 day stay.
We only drove by Split Rock Lighthouse

We hiked around the park at Gooseberry Falls, 
it felt good to be out in the crisp winter air.
The falls were froze, just a little area of open water at the base.

We did a little snow shoeing near Silver Bay.

I just love the Up North look and feel, rows of pine trees bordering the roads.

That's me trying to capture the sun rising over the lake. I did not go as far as setting up a tripod out on the lake like the guy you can see in the middle of the photo.

The view from the kitchen window.
The woods on one side the lake on the other.

 I snapped this shot of the sun rising this morning from our front window.
 We had about 6" of fresh snowfall last night, it's like a painting.

We may have found a new annual winter get away destination! 
It was nice to spend time in the quiet with this guy!




1 comment:

  1. I've been waiting for this post. You make winter sound especially inviting. It's beautiful up there in the North. I could go for enjoying winter like this minus walking on that ice-chunked lake.

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