fall break

Andrew and I drove up 2 and a half hours up the Minnesota "coastline" to see the beautiful fall colors change.  It's the MN equivalent of driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains I think.  We stayed up in Two Harbors which is 40ish minutes north of the bigger city of Duluth.

We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast hosted by this amazing God fearing couple who actually were back from working with a tribe in the Philippines.  They actually went there with the Peace Corps and grew disillusioned with trying to help people and not really seeing anything happen.  A poor family there continued to show them love and grace and it broke down the bitter couple to see their sin and need for Jesus Christ as their Savior.  Sweet story!  So after a few years of being in the States they finally made it back to spend nearly another decade with this tribe preaching the good news.  All that to say, it was so encouraging!

We also ate at some great restaurants and hiked a little trail and saw lots of beautiful trees and colors!

the view at our B&B

gorgeous sunset

we saw so many deer! this one was just walking down the street!

winding around the coast

beautiful trees!!

 Lake Superior view

reading by the water one morning

 Split Rock Lighthouse

New Scenic Cafe. one of the best meals I've ever had! seriously!

(from google images)

This little trip was actually Thursday through Friday because Hubs was actually preaching at our church.  We have a Saturday night service and 2 Sunday morning services so we wanted to make sure he'd be rested and prepared for that change of pace.  I was so proud of him!  He did a great job, but I am glad that preaching isn't an every weekend thing!  It takes a lot! I have even more respect for preaching pastors and their families!