Duluth, Minnesota

Our journey north continues as we approach cooler weather. These last few days, we have had upper 50’s at night and 60-70 during the day and it’s only early August. The landscape has also changed from farm land to flat land forest and everything is brilliant green. 

We are now in the Lake Superior region. It’s about as far north on the Wisconsin map that we can travel. Our campground is just a few miles outside of Duluth, Minnesota. Duluth is a city of about 90,000 and a major harbor on Lake Superior. Feeding into the harbor and into Lake Superior is the sizable St. Louis River. The river is also the Wisconsin/Minnesota State line. The city’s skyline is a view of many tall bridges and industrial plants. 

Every year, old tall wooden ships have been sailing Lake Superior all summer, stopping at different cities for festivals. This flotilla of ships arrived in Duluth for the annual “Festival of Sail”. It is probably the city’s biggest 3 day festival on the harbor and we so happened to be here. We got there early on a Monday morning to beat the crowds but it still was packed. We paid our $20/person entrance fee, walked by a few wooden ships, smelt the aroma of food venders, spent maybe an hour and walked out. It was $26/person to walk on-board the ships and the lines were long. “No Thanks!” It was a big expensive disappointment. Oh well, all part of the living the dream experience. 

Afterwards, we traveled northwest along the lake to Two Harbors, Minnesota. My brother knew a friend there, so we looked him up and had a nice visit. The drive was just gorgeous. We went through a couple of tunnels, a few lakeside communities, and then hugged the shoreline until we got there. They are full-time RV’ers visiting their daughter for the summer. He suggested that we should visit Gooseberry Falls State Park just up the road.