Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Wintervention!

Minneapolis is known for it's plays and theatre performances so we got to see Warren Miller in a cool little theater downtown.  They had all the free shwag like in Colorado but their lift tickets are for different mountains and their big give away was for a weekend trip up in Michigan somewhere.  It was awesome to see Vail clips of course but made us homesick for some real skiing.

Minneapolis sculpture garden

We checked out "The Cities" for the first time last weekend and started with the sculpture garden.  There were cool art pieces and walkways right in the middle of the city.  After, we checked into our hotel to get ready for the Warren Miller movie.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Picnic lunch on the lake

It got a little windy and cold towards the end of are ride and we still hadn't had lunch yet.  So we found a lone dock and ate in a hurry.  It was a beautiful afternoon and we got to see bald eagles, some fish, and we think badgers.

Monday, October 25, 2010

More kayaking pictures

"Sea kayaking" on Lake Superior

Matt and I rented a tandem kayak and spent the afternoon exploring the shoreline of the lake between Ashland and Bayfield. There were lots of beautiful, rocky cliffs and little caves to check out.  But there was a lot of paddling and getting used to working together to make our boat go straight ahead!

Mystery solved!

What a great way to end a great trip! We had to paddle a ways to get to the lake but it was an awesome view right at sunset. 

Friday, October 22, 2010

Brule river kayaking

The weather is still nice enough to get out on the water.  A co-worker took us down the Brule for an eight mile ride with mostly calm water and a few class 1 rapids.  Not quite the Arkansas and the shallow water didn't allow Matt to practice his roll but we still had fun!  April, our co-worker, told us that the river dumped into lake superior but we didn't know what to expect....