Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Lighthouse Trip

We recently went on a camping trip to Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. We had never been to the Lake Superior area and while fishing is usually the reason to go camping in this area we were interested in touring around the lake. We parked our camper outside of Duluth Minnesota and went on day trips from our little home base. The leaves were just starting to turn colors so we had beautiful drives but the goal was to visit the many lighthouses on Lake Superior.

The lake freighters carrying iron ore no longer depend on the light houses for lake navigation but these two still guide the way into the harbor at Duluth.

 

We found smaller light houses by harbors and marinas still in use.

 

The lighthouse at Two Harbors Minnesota is now a bed and breakfast, completely booked for the rest of the year.

Probably the most famous on Lake Superior is the Split Rock lighthouse.

It is now a state park in Minnesota but when it was built the only way to it was by boat. Three homes stand next to the lighthouse that were for the families of the lighthouse keepers.

Our travels took us to Bayfield Wisconsin and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. At Bayfield was a sweet little quilt shop named Orchards Edge. They are participating in the Row by Row Experience this year and had designed a batik block for the challenge. A light house! The perfect souvenir for our trip.

 

And they would not sell it to me :(

There is a two month hibernation period for the Row by Row Experience to give those who participated in the shop hops a chance to make their quilts from the different blocks collected and compete for prizes.

I tried a little gentle pressure, explained I just wanted it as a souvenir and that I was not going to make a Row by Row quilt, but they stuck to the rules. They probably thought "if we sell this block when we are not suppose to it will probably end up on a blog somewhere." :)

My souvenir arrives in November.

Happy Stitching!

Cheri

 

3 comments:

  1. That sounds like such an interesting trip! I'm glad they would send you one in November!

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  2. What a wonderful hunt for lighthouses. Each one is so unique and interesting. Wouldn't it be fun to stay in a lighthouse? Too bad the B & B was booked. Glad youre getting the quilt block eventually. It will make a nice reememberance.

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