At last, we are seeing some of the trip list for the North Shore shared by Deb and Steve when they traveled up here with Cindy and Paul. We toured the lighthouse at Two Harbors and we stopped for pie (five-layer chocolate and blueberry) at Betty’s Pies. The lighthouse is also a bed and breakfast,…

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A hike before breakfast is a great way to start the day. Tony saw that rain was expected and wanted to get one in before that happened. We hiked from our campsite to the bridge across Cascade River then up to the Superior Hiking Trail which is a 310+ mile long trail along the North…

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Checkout time is rather late in these North Shore State Parks at 4:00pm. It really encourages one to stay and enjoy the park further before moving on. As we had electricity at the Shipwreck Creek Campground at Split Rock Lighthouse, and not at our new spot in Gooseberry Falls, we spent the day staying put…

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Gooseberry Falls has very popular trails to their creatively named Lower, Middle and Upper Falls. We explored these from a path that starts in the campsite, which was nice. In some parks, the trails are not connected and driving to them is required. The Gooseberry River is very shallow and wide as it meets Lake…

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Aquariums are always fun places to visit, so the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth was our first stop on the way to our Harvest Host stay for the night at North Ridge Winery. The highlights were watching baby alligators getting trained to come to a personal feeding marker, seeing two volunteer divers go into a…

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07/19/2024 – 08/03/2024 # Date Campsite City State Type 1 07/19/2024 Wild Vines Campground Taylor Falls MN Harvest Hosts 2 07/20/2024 Hoodoo Valley Farm Tower MN Boondockers Welcome 3 07/21/2024 – 07/23/2024 Arrowhead Lodge & Resort Ray MN RV Park 4 07/24/2024 The Pines of Kabetogama Kabetogama MN Campground 5 07/25/2024 – 07/27/2024 Lake Bemidji…

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