I have been enjoying some cabin time in Minong, WI. Anna, Levi, the dogs and I drove up last Thursday. Levi drove home yesterday because he had to work today. Seth was unable to make it this year because of work. It’s hard planning family time with 3 working, adult kids! Last August we were up at this same cabin. The weather was glorious and I thoroughly enjoyed a lot of just “cabin life” spending my days on the deck by the water. However, my kids informed me that they were bored last year and wanted to venture out more this year. Luckily, by “venture out” they mean go hiking different places…something I happen to love to do as well.
Friday morning we checked out the Trego Nature Trail. It was a lovely 3 mile loop with lots of great views of the Namekegon River. We finished the hike just in time for some rain to roll in. We spent a lot of time playing games that afternoon/evening.
Saturday we headed to Superior, WI and explored the beach at Wisconsin Point Park. The dogs were in Heaven. They loved it so much. They were living their best life terrorizing sea gulls. We also revisited one of my favorite places that we went to last year…Amnicon Falls State Park. I need to go back there sometime when I am by myself and can just find a spot to sit by the river and soak it in for a bit.
Sunday we mostly hung around the cabin. We went out to get coffee in the morning and then Levi left right after lunch. Anna and I hung out in the afternoon…reading…playing games…getting the dogs out swimming.
Today Anna wanted to go to Duluth. She found a trail in Chester Park that she wanted to do. It was a great hike along a river with a few little waterfalls. Luckily, there was a local guy and his dog near the kiosk with the trail map on it who gave us great advice on the best trail to take. After the hike we went down to Canal Park and walked out to the lighthouse on the pier, strolled down the boardwalk for a bit, and then stopped and had the biggest ice cream cone I have ever experienced for lunch. It was amazing to me how little Anna remembers from all the times we had vacationed on the North Shore over the years. In fact, I was telling her that many years we would go up on Father’s Day and stay until Wednesday. She replied with, “Did we ride a train? I think I vaguely remember a train”. I just said “yes”. So odd that’s the thing she remembers!
It’s been some good, recharging time away…it’ll be hard to leave in a couple days…
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