When There is Nothing To Do: A Short and Very Partial Travelogue

We enjoyed Memorial Day Weekend at one of our favorite places – the North Shore of Lake Superior. On Monday morning we were walking Bodhi in 50 degree weather at Kitchi Gammi Park when we spotted the above guy out on the lake (in a wet suit, thank goodness) trying to ride on a surf board – sometimes standing, sometimes sitting – using a canoe paddle.

I can only hope that he wasn’t a blog reader, pushed to the very edge of normalcy by the question, “When there is nothing to do, what will you do?” responding with an extreme dharma presentation.

The above photo is with my zoom on maximum. I don’t think he was trying to get to the ship out there, but apparently was just playing (in 35 degree water!), maybe trying to catch a wave – they were bigger than the photo shows. Although he repeatedly fell off the board, he did hang onto his paddle and arrived back on shore safely and looking quite refreshed too, I might add.
The Duluth area is wacky like that and one of the reasons I love it.

Saturday night we had dinner at the Burrito Union on a street called “Bob Dylan Way” (really, see below and/or click here). Not only great food but their beer comes from the Fitger’s Brewhouse. The Irish Stout and Wheatberry Wine were both worthy of capitalization!