North Shore - Daytrip

When my sister came for the Britney Spears concert we tried to show her the best of what Minnesota has to offer -- so we took her to Canada. Ha! No but really, we headed up to Duluth and the beautiful north shore of Lake Superior (and then to Canada).

It was hilariously classic Minnesota in action -- the high, in the middle of July barely touched 60 degrees.  Not to mention, our state government was shutdown so all of the National Parks were closed to the public. We made our way in anyways and enjoyed the sites, sans crowds! We stopped in Duluth for lunch, Gooseberry Falls for scenery and then made our way to Thunder Bay, Canada (I'll post that portion tomorrow!).

Brrrrr!


Ashley and Lake Superior!




You'll start to notice a pattern here....can you tell I introduced Vinny to Words with Friends?




We had some amazing food at Grandma's! Wild rice stuffed mushrooms (swimming in cheese) and a wild rice burger....SO good! And woohoo for having a vegetarian sister to share food with!




Ahem...




Super foggy! I love the way the houses on the hills of Duluth were peeking out!


My beautiful sissy! Even if she is completely out of focus!






Thanks to the state government being shut down....lots of empty parking lots and sites!


The chipmunks weren't so happy about the lack of garbage to snack on!


Beautiful star iris!


Gooseberry Falls!


Look at those sock bun curls!




I love tree roots...so intriguing!


Ahem...




It was so oddly (to me) misty/foggy! Reminded me of the June Gloom in Santa Monica!


Daisies make me H A P P Y


Lake Superior and my beautiful sister!


I love this dog.