Weekend trip to Duluth/North Shore, MN

First, can I just say this new blogging thing I uploaded is driving me nuts.  I can't get it to move the pictures where I want them.  Why do "upgrades" usually cause so much frustration when they are supposed to be faster, easier, and more convenient????  Anyways, enough of that :) 

Skott had to work on his actual birthday and I had a final exam that day so we celebrated over the weekend.  I planned a suprise trip to Duluth, MN.  It was somewhere we had never been and we needed an adventure!

I am sure visiting Duluth in the dead of winter is not actually a good idea.  We stayed downtown by the Canal District.  They are trying to revitalize the area but what sounded neat and interesting on the internet..... is just about that: sounds good, looks good on paper, but....  They still have a long ways to go before I will feel comfortable walking around at night down there.  The only redeeming thing about downtwon Duluth is they have a "skywalk" which is heated and connected to much of the downtown shops.  They were a few neat, unique shops but overall, not my favorite place by far!  We thought maybe we were "missing" something.  Asked the locals.  Nope.  Not much to Duluth, especially in the winter.

But we had FUN and laughed a lot!

The next day we headed north along the scenic route.  We found an amazing coffee shop out in the middle of nowhere.  It was SO GOOD!  How could we not have a good day after that?  We pulled off and took a lot of pictures.  We spent the morning driving, talking, and enjoying the view.  Our plans were to stop by Gooseberry Falls Park but we wimped out and decided to stay in the warm car.

Had a great time but we both agree we can cross Duluth off our list of places to live someday :)