Duluth Weekend

The last weekend of September we took a road trip to Duluth. Our intent was to see some fall colors, though we did see some, we spent much of the time with activities for the kids. We drove up after swimming lessons on Saturday, checked in and headed right to the Great Lakes Aquarium. I was really impressed with the variety of stuff to do and see. It was educational and entertaining, they could have played in the water all day. After the aquarium we walked across the parking lot to spend some time at a really unique playground. Just one injury later we headed to dinner followed by time in the hotel pool.

On Sunday morning we drove to Brighton Beach to throw rocks into the lake, or skip rocks, depending on who you are. It was a hazy morning so it was even hard to tell where the lake and sky met. Then we drove to Spirit Mountain to ride the Timber Twister. It was crazy busy there so only one time down for each kid took us 2 hours. Then we had a picnic lunch at a playground and then spent the afternoon at the Lake Superior Zoo. Because we are members at the MN Zoo we got a nice discount. As soon as we entered we could hear the tiger making noise, too cool! I was a little worried by some empty cages outside but once we went inside it was spectacular. I could have stayed even longer but by mid afternoon we needed to head home. What an adventure!

 Great Lakes Aquarium lobby

 Dru as a ship captain

 Fishing for...fish

 Great Lakes replica for water flow between them

 From an actual shipwreck

 Keep it upright or tip it

 Saltwater fish

 Park outside of aquarium

 Swimming at the hotel

Ready to throw rocks

He could do this all day every day

 our beauty

Lake Superior Zoo: check out his pose :)

 thank goodness this isn't real

 The kids took this train ride

 not quite chimps 

 He befriended this sheep

 Peacocks were wandering around outside the sheep enclosure

A goat and a boy on a bench

He let them pet a hedgehog that was on its way to a birthday party