A New Direction : Apostle Islands to Grand Marais, MN

Today started out with light at 4:30! I think that was God's way of letting us know we didn't want to miss out on anything today. We loaded up early and headed into Bayfield for breakfast. Jim spotted Red Velvet waffles on the menu. A first, so he had to try them since he is a red velvet cake fan. They were wonderful! At 9:30, we boarded the Island Princess or Jungle Queen or something like that for a " 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour." I asked Jim if he could make a radio from coconuts and he assured me he could, so we headed off for a boat tour of the Apostle Islands with 135 of our closest friends. A tip for future Apostle Island visitors. . .
book the private sailboat for a tour of the islands! Or better yet. . . take your own kayak.
It was a beautiful sunny day so we were going to enjoy every minute of it!

The smaller island is Eagle Island, noted to be a bird sanctuary

People are not allowed to visit from May to September so the birds can

hatch and nurture their young

Sea caves at Devil's Island

Raspberry Island Lighthouse-being restored to it's 1920 origin

We finished our boat tour and headed back into town.

Next was a 250 mile trip to Grand Marais, Minnesota.

Our original plans did not include going to Minnesota but because of questionable weather in Michigan and Grand Marais calling for some beautiful days of weather, we decided to come on. And we are so glad we did. I know last year I said we liked Idaho. . . a lot!!

Well, we love Minnesota. . . a whole lot!!!

Prepare to be amazed!!!

Good night and may your souls be filled by these images as we were touched today~

Love to all