Madeline Island

In an effort to take in as many fun family outings before 'our baby' (as the girls affectionately refer to it!) arrives later this summer, Kyle booked us a adventure on Madeline Island this past weekend!  The warm sunshine was invigorating, the girls' smiles were ear to ear nearly the entire weekend, and the time spent just the four of us was irreplaceable. After a 3+ hour drive on up to Bayfield, WI, much to the girls' delight we hopped on a ferry to get out on the island.

Out at the rental cabin, the girls found plenty of treasures worth claiming, including this tiny toad they promptly named 'Little.'
 

 

The cabin was quite charming, but dangerous too!  With three different bedroom lofts, slats through the ceiling big enough for Piper to fall through, and wooden ladders so steep that you had to climb down backwards, it was a little bit tricky for the girls, not to mention me & my growing belly!

The girls loved using the pulley-bucket system to get their stuffed animals up those steep stairs to their tree house bed (pictured below)!




 

Despite the balmy 67 degree temperature, and the even colder (numbing!) water temperature of Lake Superior, the girls adored combing the beach for unique rocks to bring home to their collections.

Gorgeous view out into the rest of the Apostle Islands.

After a lovely but cool morning at the beach, we dried up to try a little fishing.  Not much luck, but they sure had fun riding back on Daddy!

Apparently Piper hadn't gotten enough of the cool water earlier in the day, as her pants were soon soaked, and was down to her undies in no time :)

Had stayed a bit drier, and continued on her hunt for interesting pieces of driftwood.

Throughout the island, these beautiful lupine flowers could be seen blooming everywhere, and the girls wanted to pick them all!