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The lights are out; the only light in the hotel room is the light of my computer screen as I type this missive to you all. Roo is tossing restlessly in the Pack N Play; he's not quite asleep and I dare not turn on any lights for the next 10 to 15 minutes.
We are in Duluth; I have the next 2 days off, and we are at The Inn on Lake Superior (www.theinnonlakesuperior.com) for our vacation. It's a nice change; Minneapolis has been muggy and hot and sticky and horrible for us lately, since we don't have central air.
Halfway to Duluth, we had to stop so that I could pee (yes, since the kid was born, I've had a small bladder), and the air was noticeably colder. 15 minutes outside of Duluth we encountered a dense fog which slowed our approach from freeway speed to 35 mph; the fog cleared as we descended to the lakeshore.
The Inn is just as Superior as its name might suggest; we arrived in good time for the nightly Smores roast and I enjoyed a (complimentary!) cup of hot chocolate (there are beverages of all sorts available in the commons at any hour). There are still sodas and bottled waters in the fridge. The pools and saunas are still places of beauty-- or if not beauty, filled with the promise of imminent relaxation.
And there is Free Internet Access, my friends. High Speed Free Internet Access.
We are on the first floor; our inside door leads us in toward the recreation area, the outside door to a patio that overlooks the lakeshore. The boardwalk is 20 feet away; the lake is 50 yards away.
And it is glorious here; I actually had to put on a sweatshirt for our walk. After scarfing down several Smores, Roo actually put down the chocolate that he'd had in his hands. "Done now, Mommy, no more chocolate. Time go walk."
So we did. We brought the stroller, but we could have left it at home; there are strollers, wagons, and bikes, complimentary and free of charge, here for the using.
Roo pushed his stroller down the boardwalk about a quarter mile, greeting four different horse-and-carriage horses and their passengers. "Kiss horse! Need horse, Mommy!"
And when we got back, I had to lie down with him to convince him to go to sleep.
The light is on now; Elle is in the sauna reading _Rats & Gargoyles_. Mike is either playing pinball in the arcade or swimming, and I don't know which. I have a presentation to finish on eczema herpeticum, and then I may actually get some writing done this vacation.
And if it rains? That's fine too. We'd planned to kick around the area tomorrow. If we're doing most of our kicking in the heated indoor pool, that won't break my heart.
Until later-- from Duluth!
We are in Duluth; I have the next 2 days off, and we are at The Inn on Lake Superior (www.theinnonlakesuperior.com) for our vacation. It's a nice change; Minneapolis has been muggy and hot and sticky and horrible for us lately, since we don't have central air.
Halfway to Duluth, we had to stop so that I could pee (yes, since the kid was born, I've had a small bladder), and the air was noticeably colder. 15 minutes outside of Duluth we encountered a dense fog which slowed our approach from freeway speed to 35 mph; the fog cleared as we descended to the lakeshore.
The Inn is just as Superior as its name might suggest; we arrived in good time for the nightly Smores roast and I enjoyed a (complimentary!) cup of hot chocolate (there are beverages of all sorts available in the commons at any hour). There are still sodas and bottled waters in the fridge. The pools and saunas are still places of beauty-- or if not beauty, filled with the promise of imminent relaxation.
And there is Free Internet Access, my friends. High Speed Free Internet Access.
We are on the first floor; our inside door leads us in toward the recreation area, the outside door to a patio that overlooks the lakeshore. The boardwalk is 20 feet away; the lake is 50 yards away.
And it is glorious here; I actually had to put on a sweatshirt for our walk. After scarfing down several Smores, Roo actually put down the chocolate that he'd had in his hands. "Done now, Mommy, no more chocolate. Time go walk."
So we did. We brought the stroller, but we could have left it at home; there are strollers, wagons, and bikes, complimentary and free of charge, here for the using.
Roo pushed his stroller down the boardwalk about a quarter mile, greeting four different horse-and-carriage horses and their passengers. "Kiss horse! Need horse, Mommy!"
And when we got back, I had to lie down with him to convince him to go to sleep.
The light is on now; Elle is in the sauna reading _Rats & Gargoyles_. Mike is either playing pinball in the arcade or swimming, and I don't know which. I have a presentation to finish on eczema herpeticum, and then I may actually get some writing done this vacation.
And if it rains? That's fine too. We'd planned to kick around the area tomorrow. If we're doing most of our kicking in the heated indoor pool, that won't break my heart.
Until later-- from Duluth!
