Summer? Fall!

Feels like summer, looks like fall.  What more could you ask for?  The squirrels know as well as we do that this won't last much longer, but let's enjoy it while we can.

Last weekend we had a "function" that brought us to Duluth and the North Shore.  Lucky us.  In past years, we haven't had the best timing for our fall trips North.  It's either been too early, too late, cold, rainy, grey.  Sort of nice, but not great.  This year I think we hit it just right.

The sky was intensely blue, the leaves gorgeous, and it was close to balmy.  Short sleeve weather.  And you know what I love?  That fragrant, musky scent that hangs in the air while your trekking along a trail.  I know it's the scent of decay, which isn't terribly poetic, but is there anything better?  Bottle that and you've got something!

Besides the scenery, we always look forward to visiting some of our favorite restaurants in the area.  Duluth has some of the best dining spots in Minnesota, and we always look forward to a dinner of fresh fish at the Angry Trout in Grand Marais.  And of course, breakfast has to include a World's Greatest Donut--or two.  (That name may seem presumptuous, but they do not exaggerate.)

Just a week later, the show of fall colors have come to us.  Maybe this weekend we'll take a drive closer to home to admire some scenery.