The Best of the North Shore

The Duluth Lift Bridge.

July Fourth means Duluth—period. We always eat at Bali Asian Cuisine, Burrito Union, Sammy’s Pizza, Hippie Tacos, Va Bene, Corktown, OMC, and Lyric. But we don’t eat in a restaurant. We get takeout and picnic in Leif Erikson, Lester, Lincoln, and Kitchi Gami parks. My favorite is Enger Park and its stunning view, and don’t forget to ring the ancient bell! But we’ve done more than eat over the years. We’ve hiked and biked, and I’ve taken lots of photos. 

Follow our feet…

Here lies intrepid river swirls that are as beautiful as a painting.

Summer Lupine is divine.

Iona Beach

Ely's Peak Tunnel.

A cedar wax wing.

We're feeling zen at Split rock!

The Superior Light House.

Sunrise over Lake Superior

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Duluth 2022: Part 1

Repeat. 

 We had so much fun last year we did it again: biking the Gitchi Gami and Willard Munger trails (How cool is the name Gitchi Gami?), eating fry bread tacos, Sammy's pizza, and OMC (Oink, Moo, Cluck), and soaking up the glistening Lake Superior view.

 We favor the chalky pink rocks at Iona beach, primo Italian soup at Va Bene, Five-layer Chocolate pie at the Rustic Inn, luminous purple lupine twisting along the North Shore, and black basalt rock sprinkled about like God seasoned the soil with a giant pepper grinder. 

I 💖 Duluth, Minnesota. 

 Follow our feet...

The view from the top at Split Rock.

Gooseberry Falls

Iona Beach is in the pink.

Summer Lupine on my iphone. I snapped some really stunning photos with my old camera. (Not my new stolen one)

A sizable sheet of birch bark.

Jay Cooke State Park

The Willard Munger Trail

 The devil is in the details. 

Happy Independence Day! 

 

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Duluth: Part 3

I'm ending 2021 with a post set in my home state of Minnesota. We traveled to many destinations over the past year, and yet, Duluth remains a highlight. I love the chalky colored, pebbly shores of Lake Superior, the meandering basalt lined rivers, and scenic, rocky hiking trails. This year, we enjoyed unseasonably warm weather, instead of brisk lake breezes. We watched the Midwest's best firework display from our hotel window, biked through towering rock formations along the Willard Munger trail, and dined at all of our favorite up-north restaurants. Melt-in-your-mouth wild rice meatloaf with a buttery homemade brown gravy? Yes, please. We've already booked 2022! 

Follow me into the new year... 

My husband finished another Northshore Inline Marathon!

Twenty-one years and counting...

Gooseberry Falls.

Happy New Year blogging friends!

 

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Duluth, Minnesota: Part 2

The wild and wonderful Willard Munger State Trail

We've returned from Duluth, Minnesota: Part Three, a weekend filled with Inline Marathons along the North Shore, (my husband, not me) hiking at Gooseberry Falls, reveling in Canal Park, (old people style) and eating at some of Minnesota's best restaurants: The Rustic Inn, OMC Smokehouse, Burrito Union, Corktown Deli, Sammy's Pizza, and Va Bene. Yum! I heard ominous signs of fall, with brittle leaves rustling over the sidewalk. But the winds were warm, toasty even. For the second time this year, we experienced above average temperatures up-North. 

But before I can post part three, I need to post part two. Follow our feet...

Lake Superior

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Park Point: The world's largest freshwater sandbar 

A toast to beloved scenery with a Whiskey and Ginger beer

Highlight reel!

 

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