Jay Cooke State Park - October 12, 2014

It was a beautiful day so we decided to head up to Jay Cooke State Park to check out their campground. I had reserved a site there for next summer, but since we hadn't been in a long time we weren't sure we would fit in the site. We will and I'm excited to explore this campground as they have bike trails that connect to the Munger trail, lots of hiking and of course the swinging bridge. The park is also only about 15 minutes from downtown Duluth so we made a side trip to Canal park. I guess everyone else had the same idea we did as it was busy!

Minnesota's North Shore October 4 - 7, 2014

For our last camping trip of the season we headed to Minnesota's North Shore. We stayed at Temperance River state park (probably our favorite state park on the north shore) and one of the few with electric sites.

see the wedding party taking photos below?

We did a hike up to Briton Peak. This is a short hike, but it's all uphill. 

We visited Grand Portage National Monument where there is a fort. During the summer months they re-enact the 1770's and have lots of activity. We got a tour from one of the rangers as he had to open to buildings for us. The visitor center was new since the last time we visited. 

We then headed over to Grand Portage State Park. They also have a new visitor center since the last time we visited and the trail to the falls is handicap accessible. Very nice. We were only 1/2 mile from Canada, but didn't go across as we didn't have our passports with us. 

We stopped at Judge CR Magney State Park. We hadn't ever been in this state park. They do not have any electric sites - they are all rustic and are pretty close together. We hiked the Devil's Kettle trail which is a really nice trail with a few ups and downs and LOTS of stairs at the end!

We also visited the new visitor's center at Tettegouche State Park

We hiked through Split Rock State Park and enjoyed the beautiful view of the lighthouse.

We then stopped at Gooseberry State Park to see the falls.