With both me and my beautiful girlfriend Cassidy restless and between jobs, we decided to take a quick trip up to the north shore of Lake Superior for a nice little Sunday-Tuesday vacation/getaway.

We left Sunday from my house for the little less than 3 hour drive, with Cassidy napping/navigating and me handling the wheel. She provided logistical support and equipment. We stopped to grab camping food for the trip in Duluth and hit up Target and a nice Co-op, called by, but not affiliated with Whole Foods.

I’ve never been to Duluth, and it’s amazing. Coming in from the southwest, I35 drops down towards the St. Louis river as it flows into the lake, creating a huge watery green expanse. We ran into a little rainstorm as we hit the shore and made our food stops, and it was freakishly cold.

When we arrived it was beautiful for a little bit as I worked on a fire to cook our pizza. As soon as we got the pizza on the fire, another crazy hard rain squall hit and caused us to char (blacken) the bottom of our pizza, as well as get our clothes wet. We peeled tin foil off of our messed up pizza and laughed about our misfortune as we ate in the car.

The rain cleared up and we walked down to the water. The coast was a little foggy, you couldn’t see across to the other side, but it was beautiful. The craggy rock shore runs all the way up to the water and it’s really nice. We took some pictures and returned to go to bed. The night was cold, but bearable.

We woke up the next day for a nice little bagel breakfast. With bellies full of fruit and bagels, we went back to sleep, and didn’t wake up until lunch. The plan for the day was a hike, with maybe a little swim. We had some trouble getting to the falls, but we made it and snacked and did a little more relaxing. Back at the camp Cassidy whipped up some Seitan and Couscous (delicious), and we went down to the beach and chatted as the sun went down. I slept a little better the second night, Cassidy said it was cause I snuggled with her more.

The next day we took it easy, made it down to the shore one more time, and left around noon. We stopped in Duluth for some Chipotle.

We arrived back in Minneapolis in time for a quick buzzcut (I look like an egghead) and the Tuesday Night Criterium, which was a blast (Jordan grabbed his first Cat 3 win). I had good legs in the 1/2/3 race, coming in 10th, a victory for plant based athletes and car campers everywhere.