We were actually able to get a summer vacation pulled together at the end of the summer with all of us. We did the traditional Minnesota thing of going up north to a cabin near Babbit Minnesota at the Timber Bay Resort http://www.timberbay.com

Most of the time was spent fishing, and relaxing in the woods. We also went to the Soudan state park and ventured down into the mine (2300 feet underground), quite the site well worth a visit. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/soudan_underground_mine
Kristina reeling in a Northern
The Northern safely netted
Steve with a Northern
Morning on Birch Lake
Morning on Birch Lake
At the cabin
Soudan Mine, 2300 feet under the ground
Soudan Mine, 2300 feet under the ground
Soudan Mine, back on the surface