North Shore Day One

**Boy, am I behind on blogging.  I started this post on 9/22 and I'm just finishing it now.**

The north shore trip that we had scheduled since last Spring couldn't have come at a better time.  I needed a break from reality and this was it for me.  How I wish I was still there.  Even though we weren't up there that long, I felt like we did a lot and the easiest way to blog about it is to break it up in sections so today I'll talk about day one.

We left our house on Thursday, September 13th at about 8 am and headed to Duluth.  We went to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, hung out and watched a ship depart from Canal Park and walked around the area until the noon hour where we headed up to Two Harbors to stay in our cabin for one night. 

*Lots of pictures ahead!*

We drove around Stoney Point.

We arrived at Bob's Cabins at little after 1 pm.  We checked in, got our keys, unpacked the car and walked out to the shore.  There was a ship passing right by us...the same boat we saw leave Canal Park. 

We had never stayed at Bob's Cabins before but I knew they were old and have always been old.  They are rustic and don't have a TV and was advertised without a microwave even though there was one in the cabin. Our thoughts?  We absolutely loved this place.  It was perfect for people who want to relax and be quiet.  If you are the party crowd, this place is not for you.  We will definitely be coming back. 

Some of the beauty from our cabin/shoreline:

I haven't been to Tom's Logging Camp since I was a kid.  We drive by every year and I always want to stop and for a variety of reasons, we never do.  I was adamant about going there this time.  Nothing has really changed except the store seems so tiny.  When I was a kid, this store was huge.  I bought some sort of cedar jewelry box each year and they still have the same ones there that I remember.  We also went on the small tour around the grounds to see the animals and the museum of old machinery and different logging camp scenes and stories.

We picked up food at Gil's and brought it back to the cabin.  We relaxed listening to music and talking before heading out for the night and going to Two Harbors to watch the Packers/Bears game at the bar.  Afterwards, we had a late night fire on the beach and watched that same ship from Canal Park earlier in the day depart Two Harbors at midnight miles up the shore.