Two post in one day!!

I should be getting supper started but...

The first weekend in Oct we took advantage of the beautiful fall weekend and went camping up along the North Shore of Superior.  We didn't get to the campground until after dark only to find out they were completely full as were all the other state parks along Superior!  Apparently you had to reserve a site 3 weeks in advance.  We just don't work that way.  Thankfully there were two forest campgrounds just down the road that had plenty of space available.

That night the temperature went below freezing to somewhere between 25-27 degrees.  It was cold but I surprisingly stayed warm if I didn't move, Mike didn't have as much luck.  Usually we have the aid of sleeping pads to soften the ground and keep us warm but yours truly didn't pack them!!  So we did not really enjoy our sleeping that night.  You're probably wandering how Josiah did during his first below freezing night.  Well, he didn't sleep as good as normal but probably because he was too hot!  We had that little guy wrapped up snug on top of a folded blanket and sleeping between us.  So we didn't end up staying another night since we didn't know what the temps were going to be.

I think Mike was more than eager to get out of the tent in the morning to get the fire started. We had a great breakfast of skillet hash: eggs, tater tots and bacon all cooked in bacon grease. 

 It was good and rich!  You can only get away with that when you're camping.

Hanging at the campsite with Dad

We enjoyed a nice relaxing morning cooking breakfast.  When we finally packed up, we went driving.  Usually Mike's not up for this, but he was that day.  We ended up driving to Ely.   Ely is a popular place due to it's proximity to the Boundary Waters, which is a popular canoeing destination in MN.

We ended our drive back at the state park we were going to spend the night.  We went for a short hike along the Baptism River.  

The fall leaves were pretty but we only saw one really red maple, the rest were birch trees and evergreens.

The following weekend was the University of Sioux Falls 125th Anniversary.  This is where Mike went for his undergrad and is only one hour past his parents house.  We stayed at his parents for the weekend and went to Sioux Falls on Sat to visit with Mike's college friends and one of his professors.  We had a good time visiting.

So that catches you up on our events. Somewhere along the way Josiah started sitting up.  He doesn't have any teeth yet but I keep checking.  Two boys born a few days before and after him have their bottom teeth in.  Mike and I didn't get any teeth until we were at least one, so I'm hoping he'll be the same way.

One more post will get you caught up to the present!

I'm a slacker...

I keep telling myself I need to post more often.  By the time I sit down to do another post there is sooo much that has happened I don't feel like going through it all!  It's been over a month since the last post! 

Well here's brief summary of what has been going on: (I have to read my last post to see where I left off)  Ok, ok, it's been WELL over a month since I've posted! (Now I'm looking at our calender to remind what has happened, sad.)

Not long after Josiah and I returned from TX, Mike and his brother went on a road trip out to California to go surfing for a week.  They only surfed for a day but took the week to travel, they hit several places on the way out to to CA: Vegas, Zion, and Hoover Dam.  They had more planned but they aren't as young as they used to be.  While they were enjoying themselves out on the road, my mom came up for the week.  We had much planned also but didn't get it all in.  We did go the Science Museum to see their Omnitheater movie about the Great Lakes.  The following day we drove up to Duluth for the day.  I always love going up there.  Lake Superior quickly became one of my favorite destinations since my time at Honeyrock.  We drove along Skyline drive above Duluth and ran into alot of bird watchers.  Early Sept. is when the hawks, eagles and other raptors start migrating south and Duluth is the place to watch.  We also went down by the harbor and watched a freighter come through the canal under the lift bridge.  It was really neat to see it up close.

Here it comes...

Closer...

There it goes under the lift bridge.

As you can see it was a beautiful day!

Josiah was mesmerized by the water.

I think this is the most sun he's had in his entire life, can you tell?

Josiah is waking up from his nap, so I'll stop here and try to continue during the next nap time.