Monday, September 24, 2012

Fall Camping

Gooseberry Falls
Setting Up Camp

Split rock Lighthouse left of her head.

Beautiful hike at Judge C. Magney State Park

Sleeping Giant across the bay from Thunder Bay, Ontario
Offspring #2 and I went camping.  After lunch and a visit to Hawk Ridge in Duluth, we camped at Gooseberry State Park on Thursday.  We traveled north and camped at Judge C. Magney State Park on Friday and Saturday.  On Saturday we drove north to Grand Portage to visit the monument and then on to Thunder Bay Ontario to visit Fort William.  On Sunday we drove home again.  Sometimes the weather was rainy and cold but we ended up having a great time and seeing lots of beautiful fall colors.  We also saw sharp shinned hawks, red breasted nuthatches, lots of flickers up close, and clay colored sparrows.  A Franklin squirrel invaded our camp at Gooseberry and would not leave us alone until we ran after it.  At Fort William, as I stood next the wild rice threshing station listening to a native guide, a chipmunk played truth or dare and touched my tennis shoe three times!  We saw deer but no moose or bear or wolves.

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