Stop #9

We have been traveling for 4 weeks tomorrow and are on stop #9 of the journey. Decided we needed a little break from lake cabins so staying in hotels or chalets this week. Tonight we are in Lutsen MN at a ski condo. Time for the doggos to learn some manners for civilization!

We are off to Canada tomorrow, for stops 10-13 and will be back in the US Friday for a weekend watching ships in Sault Ste Marie. By now I can write a literal book on what an Airbnb listing says/shows vs what it is - and I now understand why ours was booked all the time😂

This was the “full bathroom” at our last place. I mean they didn’t lie. It was a full bathroom. In the damn utility closet🤦‍♀️ That little cabin had more pipes than our 6000sf house! To be fair the water here is like from another planet because there are so many minerals in the earth and we did appreciate the treated water.

Yesterday we did a boat tour of Voyageurs NP (the only way to see it we learned), and had dinner on the deck of Thunderbird Lodge after (yes I did have my first this trip of hopefully many servings of Poutine). We saw lots of eagles, eaglets, and enjoyed watching the baby loons learn to dive and be rewarded by their parents with minnows.

Not gonna lie, my heart leapt at seeing the BIG lake (Superior) again today!

Our guide in Voyageurs said the loon is the state bird, but I looked it up and he is mistaken. These little f-ers are!

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  1. Leah St. GermainJuly 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM

    Hahaha!!! On paper the Looney is the Mn state bird, but all Minnesotans know it’s the mosquitos🤣

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