Larsmont Cottages Two Harbors

... growing operation). Currently, the Congdon family descendants use it as a time-share vacation destination.

· Toms Logging Camp – Located near Knife River, this is an authentic duplicate of a typical by-gone era with all the buildings (including a horse barn, blacksmith shop, harness shop, shoe shop, horseshoeing stall, bunkhouses, cook shanty and Finnish style sauna), articles, original tools and equipment ...

... with family and more family who wanted to join the fun. I think there were five cars heading up north for the camping trip. My son was looking forward to fishing, I wasn't sure what my daughter was looking forward to. Except that now she remembers the time as a good time and she would not mind taking another camping trip.

... of travel and a vague idea of what there was to see along the way.

It was a fabulous, relaxed day with some stunning scenery and a couple of great hikes along the way. I've included some pictures so that you can enjoy our day along with us. As always, we are amazed by the diversity of this countries scenery and can't wait to see what awaits us along the next turn in the road!

Ken here. Ann forgot to mention one ...

... afternoon here watching ships go in and out of the man made canal, under the aerial bridge and into the Duluth harbor. The large Great Lake Freighters come into this harbor to fill up with coal, iron and grain. We were fortunate enough to be able to watch one of these 1000 foot ships head out into the Lake on its way to the steel mills of Indiana.

... and doors and is trying to air it out a bit!
5) High point of the day: We finally drive over to Isabel's apartment and get to see her and Barry's wife, Linda. She is looking great for all her young 91 years. We then drive over to a local restaurant right on the water. It has great views of the harbor. We have a very nice dinner and conversation with everyone. Brady has a great time looking around the harbor and going on a harbor hike with Barry.

... is very forgiving. Monday night’s ground beef and rice stuffed cabbage leaves turned out much better than the turkey breast. Baked apples were good, too. Carrots or potatoes left whole never seem to soften so you need to cut them in bit-sized pieces. The hamburger patty turned out really well, though, Brady wouldn’t eat it because it tasted different than a McDonald’s hamburger!

We were ...

... that we were free to enter, reaffirming that the information I gathered prior to leaving was a really good thing to do. I don’t think it helps living in New Zealand, travelling on a Canadian passport and driving a US registered vehicle, it doesn’t fit their normal profile.

We drove to a National park, where we enjoyed learning about the early French voyageurs and the fir trade.  There in little doubt in my mind that the Americans put a lot of effort into their national ...

... much all day. We got through Duluth much better this time.
We both have GPS's so that helped. We have missed seeing all the wild animals along the road. It is nice to see green grass and trees. It looks alot like MI here.
We are staying in a campground in Superior Wisconsin.
More later

... miles before we entered the paper-mill town of Grand Rapids where there was the largest pile of logs I have ever seen - 50 ft high and about quarter of a mile long. The other highlights of today were getting the car washed at the geographical centre of North America, re-crossing the Mississippi, and buying a coffee thermos in the town where Judy Garland was born.  Nuff said!


RnH x

P.S Good luck to Damo in his AC - I'm sure he'll do brilliantly.

... home cooked" meals... common... maybe even standard stuff. What caught my attention was along the side of the billboard it advertised "worms and leeches". I didn't go into the restaurant to check it out when I passed it, but I assumed it did double duty as a restaurant and sold fishing supplies. I'm not a fisherman. I know worms are used as bait. Are leeches? I can't imagine any other reason (except humorous ones) for a restaurant ...