North Shore of Lake Superior

 We've finished our first week here on Lake Superior's north shore - most of it in Duluth, MN.  We took advantage of it by finally getting down to the Canal Park, walk some of the Lakewalk, get the truck service, and get some shopping done.

On Tuesday we moved on up to Two Harbors, MN.  This is where we came to spend sometime at the Lighthouse B&B

last year.  This time we're in the Burlington Bay Municipal Campground. We're within easy walking distance of most businesses & trails here in Two Harbors.

Today, we went back to Gooseberry Falls State Park.  Most people on Facebook are probably tired of seeing our pictures and videos of the falls here.

We were, too, so Donna packed a picnic lunch, and we decided to hike on the inland side of Hwy MN 61 and visit Fifth Falls - a falls we hadn't seen in our trips here in 2012 & 2014.  We had a great time, but the highlight of our day was those little guys pictured at the top.  They're know as Whistle Pigs (really groundhogs), and they came right up to us as we walked the trail.  I was sure people had been feeding them.  But one of the local rangers felt that they were too young to know better, and they just wanted to check us out.  We never saw momma, but we learned that there's a den nearby where we were.  I'm sure momma was watching.

The next picture down is of a young loon we saw cleaning itself at one of the shallow pools along Gooseberry River.  The middle picture is Fifth Falls.  The pictures to the right & below are of Gooseberry River as it flows over ancient lava flows. Look closely and you can see where the river is beginning to cut out a gorge or canyon.

If all goes well, we'll finish with having the truck serviced tomorrow.  Once that's done, we'll strike out further from Two Harbors with our bicycles in tow and see more of the exciting stuff up here.

Unfortunately, it looks like we'll have to leave Isle Royale Natl Park for anther time.  We're on the wrong shore to do what we wanted to do.  We preferred not to take a 5+ hr boat ride to stay at the lodge.  We'll save that for another time when we on Michigan's UP where the boat ride is a lot shorter.

Everyone have a great weekend.  See ya! David