Northshore

Sunday morning, we left home quite early to meet up with our "caravan" to head north! We met Laur, Jill, Cher and Maya in Pine Island, and made our way to the Northshore. With only 1 bathroom break, we made it to Two Harbors in record time! After a delicious lunch in Two Harbors, we continued on to Gooseberry State Park.

The weather was just a little cool when we arrived there. We loaded Charlie in the backpack and made our way to the lower falls. There wasn't a lot of water there, so we could walk around pretty freely without worrying about slipping. Charlie kept pointing at the falls and saying "oooo". He was impressed!

Here's our family in front of one of the main photo ops at Gooseberry.

 Falls in the background. I got a little warmer as I hiked around!

Charlie and Tony sightseeing. 

Traveling with family means the opportunity for help with numerous family photos! 

After we walked around enough at Gooseberry, we headed to Split Rock Lighthouse. We stayed below on the beaches, and I got this shot of some kayaks. 

Charlie loved watching his cousin Maya throw rocks into the water. I'm not posting a lot of pictures of Maya because I know Laur and Jill will post those! 

Charlie was impressed with his daddy's rock skipping!

However, he really wanted to get down and explore the rocks too! It was difficult for him to walk, so he eventually planted himself and just played with the rocks. He loved this! It started to rain pretty hard, and he just screamed when he dragged him back to the car! Guess we'll be going back again!

After we had exhausted ourselves, we headed to Duluth to spend a few nights. I'll do another post about Duluth!