The Dybvik Diaries: Our 3rd Anniversay ~ ~ 5/6/09

We went up to the Grand Superior Lodge again this year for our 3rd anniversary. We were prepared for it to rain because that was the forcast and it is tradition that it usually rains when we go up there. It only rained overnight the 1st night & it was sunny & around 70 degrees during the day the rest of the two days. :) We had a wonderful, relaxing time.

Todd was adventurous & suggested we take a couple of the bikes that the lodge has available and ride up to Gooseberry Falls State Park. I was surprised & excited because I have been wanting to do that for the last couple of years.

We biked the two miles up to the state park & then rode in to the visitor center to get some water for our back pack. Todd's bike seat had a little hole in it that we didn't notice until we were riding...........Todd mostly noticed because all of the water that soaked into the seat the night before when it rained, squished out while he sat & rode the bike......making the back of his pants quite wet. Oops! :)

We took some nice pictures by the upper falls.............

........and of the upper falls.........

........and Todd looking at the Highway 61 bridge............

...........and Todd displaying the middle falls..............

...............then we decided we would ride on the new Gitchi-Gami trail for a little while and see where it went. There was beautiful views of the trees & Lake Superior. We found a campsite right at the edge of a rock cliff by the lake that I thought would be a beautiful place for camping. We had been gone from the lodge about an hour and 15 minutes when we decided we'd better start back because we found a trail map sign & saw that it goes all the way to Split Rock Lighthouse & we knew we did not want to ride that far. :) We also knew that the ride back would be a lot of uphill since the first part of trail went down towards the lake.

So we turned around & started riding...............

...........and about 5 seconds later.............

.............Todd's whole bike pedal & gear mechanism that holds the chain............

..................fell off!! I tried to put the chain back on (which made my hands very dirty with grease) but we couldn't find the bolt. We had no idea where it might have fallen off & it probably rolled off of the paved trail!

It took us an hour and a half to walk out of the trail & down Highway 61 back to the lodge!

We were very warm & thirsty by the time we got back to the lodge. The guy at the front desk felt pretty bad when he asked how our bike ride was & we told him about our "adventure".