The leaves are a changin'!

And it is so beautiful around here! For the past couple of weekends we've taken some Sunday drives just to soak up the beauty :) and of course to get out of the house...

Last weekend we took a drive through the Chequamegon National Forest to get some pretty pictures, and then headed to Copper Falls State Park to hike around the falls.


The falls were really neat, it was the first time me and the kids had been there. When we started on the hike, Mike lifted Duncan up on his shoulders. Duncan first started saying "Don't you fall Duncan, don't you fall!" And he had death grip on Mike's neck :) Then a few minutes later he started saying "Don't you poop on my back Duncan, don't you poop on my back!"
We had a really nice hike. We made it about a quarter of the way when we decided to cut it short. We had already gone a really long way and us adults were getting a little tired with all the extra weight :) And also we heard a low grumbling coming from the trees...





After the hike, we decided to go do dinner in Ashland by Lake Superior since we were already so close. Once we got there we decided just to picnic in the car as the lot was swarming with hundreds of seagulls (that may be a slight exaggeration). I was so glad we made that choice when Mike threw out some bread from his sandwhich and about 50 gulls totally dived for the open window! It was crazy :) They are a little hard to see in the picture, but all those white dots are seagulls :)