Duluth Vacation March 11-13, 2016

 Sunrise at the hotel

 Sunrise on Lake Superior

 Sunrise on the lake walk

 Gooseberry Falls

 View of Duluth from Enger Park Tower

Going to State...

 Today was the final race for state in Boyceville.  You go big or go home in this race.  Nick finished 3rd with a time of 17:00 to win an individual spot at the state race.

Finish line dash....only about 25 seconds behind 1st and 18 seconds behind 2nd.

Lap one of two....just a little out of reach with the leader......Jack.

One last run out before the starters gun.

 A little goofiness before the race.

Sprint to the finish....just a hair behind the first place runner

 JV squad getting a little warm up in before the starter gun

Quin's finishing dash

2010 CLOVERBELT CONFERENCE title

.....three times running.

Vacation

A few Vacation photos from our little trip.

Manitowoc

The Ferry ride to Washington Island

Cave Point County Park

Green Bay Training Camp

Tall Ships in Green Bay

The new roof

Here is a side view of the gable porch end on the garage.  We wanted a little space to put the grill away from the house and the siding but with a roof area.

This is the view from the back door to the garage....not attached. Once we get some concrete under there it will be perfect.

I will also have lights and plug-ins so I can have outside party lights or Christmas lights.  That is one things this house lacks.... external electrical boxes.  Not one.  Now I will have two!

Construction

Basically we are getting a new roof

But, while we have everything torn apart we might as well get a few things changed.

Adding a small gable porch to the garage where my grill and a few chairs can sit under a roof instead of on the open patio.  Plus I can put up actual party lights instead of Christmas lights for my new spot.   More photos to come of the finished project.  The roofers were at the house from 8am to 5:15 pm and got the house, garage and new gable done.  It started to pour down rain about a 1/2 hour after they left, so the "new" photos will have to wait until tomorrow...

...and did I mention it was 90 degrees today with a very high humidity?  Yuck.

Skyline photos

This one was cool with the cloud deck above and the sun shining across the middle.

Our normal view with the sun shining on the city.

Storming downtown.

So, we are back home finally and I need to catch up on life.

Desserts

As if dinner wasn't enough...we ordered dessert.  But it was yummy!!

Favorites from Wednesday

Graphic45....need I say more?  This is our favorite paper and our favorite booth too!

Donna Downey teaching a class...I took the class on Tuesday with her but did not take any 

photos....I was too busy and didn't actually have my camera.

Mr. Tim doing a little DEMO at the RANGER booth. He was in every booth I swear!  We saw him every morning at the SIZZIX booth handing out a signed embossing folder set....sweet!

Cocktails

First day of show and I left the camera in the room.....but not at the restaurant......Laredo's is our favorite Mexican restaurant at the show....we totally overate and had to take a big nap when we got back tot he room.