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Today we arrived at a seemingly abandoned state park. No one was at the office, all the bathrooms except one were closed, and all the water filling locations were turned off except for the one at the dump station. Even the closed for the season sign was still up on the campground sign. Our pull thru sight is more suited as a back in site due to the narrow entrance and the trees clustering the opening. Tomorrow, we scheduled a planned day to stay in due to the 100% chance of rain and 44-degree high temperatures. Of course, something had to mess with these plans because this campground has no cell service. Tonight, I had to go for a drive, in order to work and for Daisy to download her music & shows, but hey it could have been much worse. My fantastic team at work was great about it and teased me about how I am being forced into taking a whole day off from work, so we will see, lol.
Anyway, we got a late start on our site seeing. We headed out to hike up to Ely Tunnel. This was an abandoned railroad for mining that was
converted to a hiking and biking trail that includes a passage through the mountain side. This tunnel was created from blasting thru the granite and basalt rock that formed the peak, which added to its very neat uniqueness. It was taller and wider than the other tunnel. Of courses there was still graffiti on the walls.
Next, we took a drive along the North Shore Scenic Drive. Which lead us back into Minnesota. Our first stop was to view the Aerial Bridge. The entire bridge lifts vertically unlike our draw bridges that split in the center when rising. On our way back to the car Nate found a tiny chipmunk that he chased around with his camera and talked to like it was a puppy. Nate first fell in love the chipmunks in Washington DC at the Zoo. They are much smaller than the grey squirrels we have in Florida. Anyone that knows Nate knows that he loves to watch the squirrels at home so much that he began building squirrel tables during quarantine.
Our first glimpse into a great lake, Lake Superior, left us feeling overwhelmed by its size and beauty. The waters were calm today. We
made a stop at Stony Point to view the beach side, the smooth colorful rocks, and the fractured shoreline unlike our sandy beaches at home. Of course, Nate was putting the rocks into his shirt and shining a UV light into his shirt like a young boy looking for the special Yooperlite rock. These rocks are most commonly found around Lake Superior and are also called dragon eggs for the way they light up under UV. I am always happy when we find wildlife and this location did not disappoint, we found a very calm deer near the shoreline. It was close to 8 pm at this point so we headed back to our trailer, of course with another stop to Walmart.
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