Grammy & Poppy come to visit

Grammy and Poppy came to visit a couple of weeks ago now, but they just sent me these pictures from their trip. We had a great time!

This picture is of course from Teddy Bear park. Poor Teddy got his head cut off! Mags had a tough time here. She slipped a couple of times and skinned her knees. Good thing Poppy was prepared with band-aids!

Two different days we spent several hours at Lake Elmo Park - at the man made lake. There is a zero depth area (not zero depth really, but it only gets about 3 feet deep, max), so the girls can wade and play in the sand. It was very relaxing as Poppy and Daddy kept an eye on the girls and Grammy and I relaxed in our chairs on the beach. Poppy and Maggie made the MagPop river that they are sitting in in the picture.
After a few days at the ranch, we loaded up the car and headed north. We stopped in Duluth to visit the Duluth Aquarium. It was quite expensive for very little aquarium. It 's very small and I have to say, had only a few fish. Moral of the story...keep driving through Duluth. So we headed north again and took the scenic route up to Two Harbors, where we stayed at the AmericInn. Nothing fancy, but it did have a continental breakfast and a pool. We did a hike at Tettagouche State Park (our favorite) to a place called Shovel Pointe. This was some point along the way. It was really beautiful. This picture was taken at Gooseberry Falls State Park. There are several falls you can hike to. Of course, the girls just wanted to throw rocks in them. : )
After we got back we went to the zoo and saw the new Grizzly Bear exhibit which is really nicely done. We were sad to see them go. But Maggie came away with an early birthday present - - a new big girl bike! This one fits her much better, but she can't start by herself and has suddenly forgotten how to use the brakes, even though they are the same as her old bike that she's been riding for 2 years now! Yikes!