Friday, May 11, 2012

Gooseberry Falls State Park

Middle Falls

Middle & Lower Falls
We arrived at Saginaw, MN yesterday after a beautiful drive through the remaining portions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin around Lake Superior.  This is our "hold" spot before moving on to Voyageurs Natl Park. 

As a front is coming through, we decided to do a little sightseeing along the north shore of Lake Superior before buying groceries and returning to the trailer for an afternoon nap. Donna found Gooseberry Falls on the internet, so off we went.  Other than a cloudy day, it's a beautiful drive over to Two Harbors and the state park.  The park has a great visitors center and numerous hiking/ bicycling trails.  We chose to just circle three of the water falls today, but plan to return tomorrow (with, hopefully, better weather) for a longer hike and views of the north shore of  Lake Superior.
Another view of Middle & Lower Falls

We ate lunch in Two Harbors which appears to be a quaint little town with a lighthouse (more reason to return) and, possibly, a scenic railroad.  We'll see.

On other news, we did get permission to come on in to Voyageurs' Rainy Lake Visitors Center.  So either we've passed the background check or they've got a  workaround.
Upper Falls


Either way, we're excited to get there.

More later, David
Wide angle of Middle & Lower Falls

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