Lynn is our warning, our beacon. When it is seriously time to go somewhere for a couple of days, her Scandinavian ancestry kicks in, and we have to take off. We drove to Barker Island Inn, on Barker Island outside of Superior, Wisconsin. We have stayed there before. The harbor area and the two cities of Superior and Duluth, Minnesota make for good scenery, of a type we don't often see every day. It takes a while to get there and often when we go on a trip, we take Lynn's car. It is big, powerful and driving it gives her a chance to flex her driving muscles. She drove all 630 miles there and back, all the way over to Rhinelander and home. I was ready to spell her but she batted me away. Despite being a woman, she is pretty strong. She is also strongly pretty, even with a PhD.
We visited Duluth's Great Lakes Aquarium. I enjoyed the visiting kids more than the exhibits. Some people feel it is a defeat to shorten a trip so to avoid that, we drove to Rhinelander to stay a night. Our idea was to get to know the city and we did. It is one of those places with roads leading in and roads leading out, a convenient arrangement. While in Rhinelander, we visited a farmers' market. We were surprised at the small number of vendors there. We also found the Golden Market and Lynn quickly became a fan. We bought a mini cantaloupe there and it is very sweet and delicious.
We left Wednesday and got back Saturday noon but that was long enough to give our house a new look in our eyes.
