In the summer when you want to get away, I recommend Duluth, Minnesota and the North Shore. You can find lots of things to do in Duluth down by the harbor, then you can travel north to Grand Marais. Along the way are many state parks with trails and waterfalls. Also Split Rock Lighthouse. The pastel painting at the top is one that I did while sitting along the shore at Split Rock. But the topping on the cake is when you reach the Grand Marais area. It is a small, older town, that use to be a fishing village. It has a large protected bay where you can watch boats come and go, see the wildfowl and walk out to Artist's Point. It is where you see the above rock formation plus many other types of rock formations. You can walk along a great rock edge to Lake Superior and in bad weather you can see huge water waves coming in and crashing on the rocks. It has a few nice tourist traps, a few art galleries, a coffee shop right off the bay, and a few nice restaurants. If you are a donut freak, there is a family-run World's Greatest Donuts. They are huge and fresh baked early in the morning. The whole area seems to be rustic and back in time by forty years. The weather is fantastic and did I mention the Gunflint Trail. It is a road back up into the Superior National Forest and ends up at the Canadian border. Check out www.grandmarais.com . It is a great get away spot.
This is my second blog about this area. I guess I am really hooked. Thanks for reading.
In the summer when you want to get away, I recommend Duluth, Minnesota and the North Shore. You can find lots of things to do in Duluth down by the harbor, then you can travel north to Grand Marais. Along the way are many state parks with trails and waterfalls. Also Split Rock Lighthouse. The pastel painting at the top is one that I did while sitting along the shore at Split Rock. But the topping on the cake is when you reach the Grand Marais area. It is a small, older town, that use to be a fishing village. It has a large protected bay where you can watch boats come and go, see the wildfowl and walk out to Artist's Point. It is where you see the above rock formation plus many other types of rock formations. You can walk along a great rock edge to Lake Superior and in bad weather you can see huge water waves coming in and crashing on the rocks. It has a few nice tourist traps, a few art galleries, a coffee shop right off the bay, and a few nice restaurants. If you are a donut freak, there is a family-run World's Greatest Donuts. They are huge and fresh baked early in the morning. The whole area seems to be rustic and back in time by forty years. The weather is fantastic and did I mention the Gunflint Trail. It is a road back up into the Superior National Forest and ends up at the Canadian border. Check out www.grandmarais.com . It is a great get away spot. This is my second blog about this area. I guess I am really hooked. Thanks for reading.
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