the storm has arrived
enough to bring shrieking youth
joy none of us find
yet the lake beckons
with its endless, silent joy
should we ask for more?
or live like ancients
who treasured every birchbark
for the life it gave?
family
Road Trip 2019: Day Eighteen, Ely
an Ely day trip
for a family pic, hike
a little shopping
Road Trip 2019: Day Seventeen, Red Sunrise
red sun, glassy lake
paddling with the puppy:
perfect lakehouse day
Road Trip 2019: Day Fourteen, Lake House Life
morning adventures:
the kayaks’ gentle lilting
through freshwater lake
Road Trip 2019: Day Thirteen, Minneapolis–The North Woods
a tornado scare
led to this downtown hassle
with a sparkling Vista
delayed flight gave time
for a capitol your
offering domed wealth
my man has arrived
for our drive to the North Woods
where water saves all
Road Trip 2019: Day Eleven, Mill City
lakes are not enough
to keep this city spinning
(wheat connects us all)
the bread of our lives
lives in these shared memories
that we’ll feast upon
from book shops to dusk
in a city new to us
we’ll catch this twilight
Road Trip 2019: Day Ten, One of Ten Thousand
the oldest arrives
to take over paddling
just one of these lakes
Road Trip 2019: Day Nine, Mosquitos
a state park lunch stop
(sad Superior goodbye)
brings mosquito hell
trips beget errands
in search of camping comfort
in this humid state
Road Trip 2019: Day Eight, Lake Superior
Superior beach:
like the ocean without salt
great for paddling
kite flying kids
will remember these beach days
so different than home
Road Trip 2019: Day Six, Gitchi Gami
you haven’t ridden
over the Rockies; not yet.
Superior wins.
with a pup and girls
(unread itinerary)
we biked thirty clicks
Minnesota wins
for elevation record
on these little legs
and to end it all:
waterfall, campfire, cheese.
who would ask for s’more?
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