We woke up this morning to news reports of the tragic
collapse of the I-35W bridge across the
Mississippi river in Minneapolis. Like most Twin Cities residents, we have all driven across that bridge, which gives every one an
eerie feeling of connectedness with those that lost there lives in this horrific
tragedy. I spent a part of the morning calling co-workers in the Quad Minneapolis office to make sure everyone was accounted for and OK. One person reported that she was on the bridge coming home from and appointment with a client less than an hour before the bridge collapsed. Just one more reminder of the shear randomness of the event.
Today was more of a low key day. With all of the activity over the last few days, Chris' back is feeling pretty tight. At this stage of her recovery, when she overdoes it the muscles in her lower back tighten up, giving her quite a bit of discomfort. The surgeon says that this is normal at this stage of her recovery. So, Chris decided to lay low, catch up on her reading and sit of the heating pad. Alex has some summer school work to do so he stayed behind with Chris.
Nik, Catie and I decided to push our exploration further north along the shore today. So we drove north on MN 61 passing the two state parks with visited on Tuesday with our destination being
Tettegouche State Park, just north of Silver Bay Minnesota. One of the things I've really missed since leaving California was the Mountains. I was pleased to notice that the further north we drove from Duluth, the more rugged and hilly the terrain becomes. As we
approached Tettegouche, the topography was reminding me more and more of the Appalachian
mountains. In fact, the region near the park is called the Sawtooth Mountains. The combination of the more mountainous terrain, rolling down to the lake gave it almost a Pocket Central California Coast type of feel. We spent the afternoon hiking around the area, skipping rocks into the lake and swatting endlessly at the
biting black flies that seemed to come out of nowhere today to feast on our ankles. On our way back to the cottage, we stopped off at Gooseberry Falls, this time with swim suits in hand to climb around on the cascading water and let the cooling water refresh us after a warm day of hiking.
This is our last night at the cottage. We had a nice dinner at the Ledge Rock Grille. The food here has been really good. After dinner we spent the evening on the shore, skipping rocks and enjoying the view. The kids have gotten pretty good at rock skipping. It's a major pass time here what with the close proximity of smooth water, smooth stones and plenty of
leisure time. We secured one of the
community fire pits, one that was right by the water and ended the evening by the glow of a campfire as the final color drained from the evening sky.
We woke up this morning to news reports of the tragic collapse of the I-35W bridge across the Mississippi river in Minneapolis. Like most Twin Cities residents, we have all driven across that bridge, which gives every one an eerie feeling of connectedness with those that lost there lives in this horrific tragedy. I spent a part of the morning calling co-workers in the Quad Minneapolis office to make sure everyone was accounted for and OK. One person reported that she was on the bridge coming home from and appointment with a client less than an hour before the bridge collapsed. Just one more reminder of the shear randomness of the event.
Today was more of a low key day. With all of the activity over the last few days, Chris' back is feeling pretty tight. At this stage of her recovery, when she overdoes it the muscles in her lower back tighten up, giving her quite a bit of discomfort. The surgeon says that this is normal at this stage of her recovery. So, Chris decided to lay low, catch up on her reading and sit of the heating pad. Alex has some summer school work to do so he stayed behind with Chris.
Nik, Catie and I decided to push our exploration further north along the shore today. So we drove north on MN 61 passing the two state parks with visited on Tuesday with our destination being Tettegouche State Park, just north of Silver Bay Minnesota. One of the things I've really missed since leaving California was the Mountains. I was pleased to notice that the further north we drove from Duluth, the more rugged and hilly the terrain becomes. As we approached Tettegouche, the topography was reminding me more and more of the Appalachian mountains. In fact, the region near the park is called the Sawtooth Mountains. The combination of the more mountainous terrain, rolling down to the lake gave it almost a Pocket Central California Coast type of feel. We spent the afternoon hiking around the area, skipping rocks into the lake and swatting endlessly at the biting black flies that seemed to come out of nowhere today to feast on our ankles. On our way back to the cottage, we stopped off at Gooseberry Falls, this time with swim suits in hand to climb around on the cascading water and let the cooling water refresh us after a warm day of hiking.
This is our last night at the cottage. We had a nice dinner at the Ledge Rock Grille. The food here has been really good. After dinner we spent the evening on the shore, skipping rocks and enjoying the view. The kids have gotten pretty good at rock skipping. It's a major pass time here what with the close proximity of smooth water, smooth stones and plenty of leisure time. We secured one of the community fire pits, one that was right by the water and ended the evening by the glow of a campfire as the final color drained from the evening sky.
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