Up North

So... such a good weekend. It felt like I was gone a week... but it was only three days.
Amber and Sarah and I met in El Paso at 5 am Friday morning and headed north. We stopped in Rockford to pick up Natalie and then we didn't stop till we hit Minnesota. Ok, not really. We might have stopped at IHOP and got to listen to some crazy girl talk about picking up strange guys in Florida. I guess nobody ever taught her how to use her 'inside voice.' Haha. We hit Duluth around twoish and took the scenic route along lake Superior. So beautiful.

We stopped at Gooseberry Falls State park to hike around and wade in the river. It was such a nice day out.



Our hotel was farther north, in Silver Bay. I had printed out a bunch of maps for the trip and we were looking at the wrong one so we got to see a little bit more of the town than was expected. :D Driving past the cute statue of Rocky Taconite was worth it though. And hearing Sarah use Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconios-is in every day conversation was pretty great too. When we did finally find our hotel, our room wasn't cleaned yet. So we got free pizza! And bread sticks and cinnamon sticks and Pepsi. It was pretty much amazing.

After supper we went down to the lake shore and climbed around on the rocks. The lake was so calm- I've never seen Superior without waves. It was gorgeous but cold! I stuck my feet in and they went numb... it was great.

By the shores of Gitchee Gumee...

There was a hot tub at the hotel... and a frog water slide (the tongue was the slide) in the kitty pool... Amber and I might have checked it out when the pool was empty. *grin* Hooray for hot tubs and heart-to-hearts...
Saturday morning we headed to Split Rock Lighthouse and spent some time exploring. We walked down a bunch of stairs to the lake... I got my feet wet again... the water was still icy cold...which I love. We stopped in Two Harbors for lunch (at pizza hut- yay for pizza two days in a row!) and then headed south to Minneapolis.


We got to our hotel at the same time as Nic, B.J., and Mogus... and barely in enough time to change for the rehearsal dinner. I caught a ride with B.J.- good times. I met him in the lobby for our 'hot date' just as the entire Zehr/Waibel/Schambach clan arrived. And Nic was there smirking. I thought it was funny.

I got to sit by him and Blake which was good because otherwise it would have been slightly uncomfortable. But they kept me laughing so it was all good and better than I was expecting. I dislike those things excessively, but I ended up being really glad I got to be there.

After the singing at church, a bunch of people came to our hotel to play games and chill. I was in and out... went for a walk with Sprout and Kris... and then went on a pop run... and then took Gab back to Dill's (and got extremely lost! not cool! I have no idea how we found it finally)... and by the time I got back it was 1am so I went to bed.


Sunday was really great. The wedding was good. They all looked cute and Dale and Meg were so happy and all that good stuff. :D There was all kinds of fun food at the reception... and a cheese table... definitely Meg food. Bovee was there!! I haven't seen her since February, and she brought her guy along. The Ideal Man reappeared in the getaway car- so great!

709 Girls

We left for home as soon as Gab was done working. It was a pretty uneventful trip. Well, other than when we were sitting at a subway listening to the music they were playing and Sarah mentioned that it made her want to bust a move. So Amber told her to "drop the sandwich." And she did. And did the sprinkler. It was awesome.

Seriously such good times. I love those girls a lot. And I like Lake Superior a lot.
Blessings.