Day 29

The kids relaxing after a long day sightseeing in Duluth.

The moon...so very pretty on this night.  The water was calm, and we took in every bit of it.

"Not every lake dreams to be an ocean.  Blessed are the ones who are happy with who they are."

~M. Muratildan

Grateful for Lake Superior

She holds many stories, this lake.  She has played a part in my life since I was small, born in Superior, WI., and living there until Dad took the job here in Iowa. 

Whenever I am there, I am calm. I am at peace.  I can take a big deep breath, and close my eyes...and just feel better.  When we moved away, we were too little to know about it all, but Mom and Dad kept the history of the Lake in our lives

Every time we went up north to visit Gram and Aunt Jean, we ended up in Canal Park, or on Barkers Island.  Weather it be for watching the big ships come in (which amazes me still)...to swim on a hot summer day...to watch the lift bridge go up and down...and of course, every one's favorite...rock skipping.

We even got a rock tumbler one Christmas so we could collect rocks and then bring them home, put them in this noisy ass contraption for DAYS....and then we would have an agate. 

We were given Lake Superior maps that were place mats when we were little.  Many dinners we had we would look at the maps and talk about different shipwrecks, etc.

My parents taught us many things about this amazing place...this lake.

Now, we are teaching our children...and Grammie and Grampie are teaching our children.

All eleven grandchildren have the Lake Superior place mats, all eleven have watched ships come in, tossed rocks into, swam in, and explored her shores.

Stories are told- by us- and by Grammie and Grampie, and the kids have books on shipwrecks, they know who Gordon Lightfoot is, and all have The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald on their ipods.

This lake means peace.  This lake, she is beautiful.  This lake, she holds our hearts forever as well as Duluth and Superior.

This lake...is someplace you have to visit to understand why...she is so beautiful.

Thanks, Mom and Dad, for carrying her beauty and her story into all of our lives.

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