Trip to North Shore of Lake Superior
Well, this week has been pretty good so far. We saw three large sailing ships come into the harbor the harbor on Thursday, which was really cool. All three of the ships fired off cannon they had on board. We also toured a great lakes freighter and a coast guard ice breaker. On Wednesday we drove up alone the north shore and stopped at waterfalls along the way, some of the falls were amazing! What was neat about one of them was that people were allowed to walk all around it and swim if they wished, it was really neat. There were lots of interesting geological formations around that were created by the water and freezing and thawing. There was one tree that looked like it just came straight out of the rock! No roots or anything to show how it was anchored to the rock. Today, Friday, we went to the Split Rock Light House and Glensheen Mansion. The Mansion was elaborately decorated and was absolutely gorgeous. They said it would cost about $30 million in today's dollars. It was built around 1905. The woodwork in the place was amazing! Done by Scandinavians of course. :) The grounds were equally as beautiful, with a fountain in the back terraced garden overlooking Lake Superior. The light house we visited was quite interesting as well. They showed us what the fog horn sounded like, only 1/10th of the volume. It was still extrememly loud, some people still had to cover their ears. The lighthouse also has one of the only original working rotating mechanisms for the light in the country. It uses a series of weights like a clock and had to be "wound" every 2 hours. The guy who told us about the lighthouse itself was quite hyper and quick witted.
However, there is a down side to this vacation as well. Because of all the long rides up and down the North Shore I have lots of time to think, which is bad nowadays. I cant stop thinking about Andrea and how I can see us going there on a vacation or something. There have been quite a number of newlyweds, which get me thinking about what could have been. Thinking about what could have been gets me thinking about what she is doing now and I just cant stand it. It makes me so torn up inside and depressed. I wish things could have been different, but they aren’t. I do wish she would understand and not be mad at me. I do want to be friends after all this is over, but I don’t know what she wants. Whatever happens may it be the will of God.
We will be going home in another day and then I go back to work at the Lafebers. I actually cant wait to get back, to much free time isn't a good thing for me. I will leave a little quote I made up that is similar to one I told Andrea a little while ago.
The backward thinking man asks, what if. The forward thinking man asks, what now. - David Cooper
-original quote- A good historian asks, what if. A great historian asks, what now. - David Cooper