So I left off with going to Duluth! HOORAY!
We left Lisa's and drive was so fun! Good times with my podmates! We stayed at Lisa's old pastors house, which was amazing since it was free! It is so hilly in Duluth, that driving to there house was crazy, but I am an amazing navigator, thank you very much! haha!
When we thought we were getting lost, Lisa's sister Sara was outside flagging us down, but I thought it was someone nice just waving, and then Lisa was like "Oh its Sara!". Sara and her friend Kelsi went up Friday night, and we met them Saturday morning.
After eating some lunch and unpacking we all drove to the Split Rock Lighthouse which was about an hour away in Two Harbors, MN. We all drove in Lisa's car, and her car is kinda small, so Jill, Lisa, and I were packed in, but it was fun.
The Split Rock Lighthouse was pretty cool, but not what I had expected. You went up in it and took some pictures and went on some walking trails. No big deal, except it was HOT, and we were hiking down and had to hike back up, which took FOREVER!! :)
After the lighthouse we went to Gooseberry Falls with the pretty waterfalls. More hiking and more hot weather but nice scenery!
After Gooseberry Falls we went back into Duluth and went to Grandma's Restaraunt, not to be confused with Lisa's grandmas restaraunt, haha! It was very good, and then we went back to the house and watched the Twins lose, grrrr!!! It was fun to have Jill watching with us, since she isn't a twins fan, but we pointed out Joe Mauer, so that made her like it. we also watched part of Sound of Music.
Then Sunday morning, Lisa and I got up to go to her pastor's church, but she didn't have the address, and Lisa had been there before, so we were kinda guessing on how to get there, but we eventually found out. church was good, she goes to a Salvation Army church which is more army related, hense the name, which was fine, and the singing was good. One of her friends was leading the worship with a guy who was kinda off! it was pretty funny!
after church we went to burger king and decided to try to find Enger Tower and take some more pictures, figuring the others would still be asleep, so Lisa got some gas and asked the cashier were the tower was, mind you we are on this huge hill, and the lady said go left until you can't anymore and you won't miss it!! Well we went left and still couldn't find it, but pulled over to take some pictures anyway.
Then we went back to the house, picked up Jill, Kelsi, and Sara and packed like sardines, went into Duluth. sara wanted to find a U of M Duluth sweater for the boat ride that night, so we went looking for the college, and ended up in Wisconsin, whoops!! It was fun though. We got lost a lot in the places we were going to, but not to or back from duluth, since I navigated us! :)
after finally finding the college, we decided to go walk on the boardwalk and took some more pictures and put our feet in lake superior, very cold! after that we did some shopping, there is a store there called Monkey Business, and was all about monkeys, and i found a t-shirt: pink and brown, of course!
after that we went to the imax show of Grand Canyon, and it wasn't what I thought it would be, but it was still pretty good and gave me an idea of what to expect next month in Arizona.
After that we decided to go get tickets for the boat trip and found out they sold out. we were pretty bummed, but jill cheered up by going up to a cross dresser, dressed as a female and took a picture with him/her? it was pretty funny.
so after no boat ride, we decided to find the rose gardens and was told to go left and you will run into them, but we got to tired of going left and not seeing anything, what is with the direction left in Duluth????
so we decided to go to the Radisson hotel since they have a really cool restaraunt with a revolving tower on the top. The girls wanted to get some drinks, so apprenhensively I went too! only problem was it took FOREVER to find. it was pretty funny, we were going by sight, and Kelsi was driving and took a road and then got back on it, we were laughing pretty hard, not to upset that we couldn't find it, but then we finally did. everyone but lisa and i had a drink, but they didn't get drunk, so it was all good.
the waitress actually came up to us when Jill was in the bathroom and said "your mom said you guys are having drinks" and sat us at a table. it was pretty funny, since jill wasn't any of us girls mom! haha! jill thought it was funny too!
after the radission and more pictures from the top, we went to target since kelsi broke a frame at the house, and i didn't bring my contacts container, so we got there ten minutes from closing time, pretty chaotic and funny!!
after that we went back to the house and had a slumber party, which was fun. we watched a funny movie called Accepted, and ordered pizza, and just chilled out! it was a lot of fun.
one thing i do want to mention is that jill is originally from wisconsin and one time she said that she found a bubbler, which prompted the rest of us Minnesotans of what, or who in Lisa's case, was a bubbler, and we found out its a water fountain! haha!
we also went through a lot of tunnels, and everytime we did, jill would start saying this over and over until we were out: "moonlight, starlight, hope to see the ghost tonight!" it was hilarious, and soon lisa and i joined in, once we got it. its a tough tongue twister!! haha!
after the movie, we went to bed, and woke up this morning and left Duluth at about 9:30, and we got home about noon, and my parents picked me up a lisa's and we went to circuit city since my mom was having problems with my laptop rebate stuff, and then we went to the house and practiced the key. it was time to move out. i did cry a bit before i left, but I think i was mostly nervous, but things are going well. i got my laptop running, obviously, and my roomates are really nice. we kinda talked about stuff, and the sara and her mom came over and looked around. it took a while, but its looking kinda normal, so thats good!
i would say things are going pretty good, so thanks for your prayers, and if you know how to hook up a printer, let me know! haha!
well, sorry this was so long, but we had such a great trip and i wanted to share it with you guys!
have a great week, even though work is going to be TORTUROUS tomorrow, since its the beginning of the month, but oh well! I only work tue, wed, thursday this week, so i'm excited about that!
Love ya!
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