Duluth, Minnesota

The leaves are just starting to change and with a touch of a new season in the air, heading north seems like the only place be...

This lake is far Superior to any other that this group of thugs have ever seen.

Leif Erickson thought so, too...

His big, bad Viking ship is just sitting here on the shores...

...waiting to be restored.

On the edge of the Great Lake...

...Lucky provides himself with the standard rock tossing amusement...

 A simple man.

Axel agrees to joins in...

...but quickly makes a break for it...

Gotcha, speedy baby.

Pickwick is an old Duluth staple.

 ...along with mini corn dogs...

..and Mike's deep fried cheeseburger...

 

Axel enjoys a see food diet...

The hotel/water park has a fun, but nasty atmosphere...

The guys got to make and race their own boats in the lazy river...

They didn't win.

Lucky took the water playground by storm and rocked the big water slides with us...

The giant splash that came from the big bucket caused Axel much distress.

...riding the lazy river is more his speed...

Seeing as these two nincompoops thinks it's a

 great idea to wake us up at the crack of dawn...

...we decide to freeze their little asses off on a stroll down by the water

after scoring some hot coffee...

In your face, little boys....

Hey hermano, you are my anchor...

After warming up on pancakes and video games...

...we make a pit stop at the home were a young Robert Zimmerman spent his first 6 years...

Sam said, "Tell me quick, man, I got to run"

Ol' Howard just pointed with his gun

And said, "That way down on Hwy 61"

Cruising around downtown, I spot my first piece of inoffensive Urban Crochet Graffiti.

I can't say it excites me all that much...

Father and son were more thrilled to pick up bath salts...

... and head in for a little quality family time... 

Oh, what a feeling...

Brad likes to watch the ships come in...

Shopping is fun...

Like a kid in the candy store, Lucky spends his hard earned Washingtons...

By midday, it had really warmed up maybe the sun even came out a little...

The water is the calmest we had ever seen it...

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down

Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead

When the skies of November turn gloomy

Well know fact...

...visiting lighthouses with your parents SUCKS...

 Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center is ghostly...

I would slit my throat too, if I had to spend eternity with her...

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound

And a wave broke over the railing

And every man knew, as the captain did too,

T'was the witch of November come stealin'.

The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait

When the Gales of November came slashin'.

When afternoon came it was freezin' rain

In the face of a hurricane west wind.

Chocolate covered cherry...

Later on back at the hotel,

Axel enjoyed the rain forest like stairwell most of all...

Lucky raked in the most tickets at the arcade than any kids ever seen...

 Blam-O

Party in our room!!!

Freak OUT til you pass OUT

As icky and germy as we felt in our hotel room,

 just like that...

 ...Axel wakes up and stays up for the rest of the night with a hot fever.

 Tearing threw a box of Kleenex is his only salvation.

Another early morning or a night that never ended?
The boys shovel in Micky D's like they've never eaten before...

Fill those bellies, there are a couple more stops before this weekend is over.
!BIG GIANT BUFFALO!

!BIG GIANT VOYAGEUR!

Big Louie
back and front

!BIG GIANT MOOSE!

America:

Awful proud of ya.

(with the ol' wink and snap gun salute)