Picture: My wife and I above the shoreline. This was a short walk today. We parked at the rest area and walked from there. There isn't...

Picture: Ship arriving, picture taken from the boardwalk. When we stay in Duluth we stay right on the board walk in Canal Park so we walk...

Picture - Welcome sign We planned on walking a few places today on our trip between jobs. We looked at a map and this was the first place...

Picture: Entrance to the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden part of this park. We were between jobs in CA and had time before dark so I...

Picture: A map at the 'trailhead,' that shows it is not really the trailhead. The total trail is called the Root River State Trail, but...

Picture: The visitor Center at the Mystery Cave section of the state park. The building and cave were both closed this time if year but...

Picture: Sign at the entrance of the 'Forestville' area of the park. The road in was tared, but the parking area's were all dirt, or in...

Picture - Welcome sign at Fountain, one end of the trail. After yesterdays walk in the state park in the snow and mud, we wanted to try...

Photo - Entrance sign inside park. We got to the park about 4:30, it was Saturday and the temps were in the 40's but it was sunny. The...

Picture: (a little blurry?) Park trail. From the street to street, this park is 1.2 miles long, via the street. The path isn't straight...

Picture - Hey ... they are using 'my' phrase :) We have not yet taken the 'access to downtown,' at least not recently. There are a lot of...

Picture: The first view of the falls. There is also a person who climbed over the fence to try to get a better picture. Just to the left...

Picture: Someone has written a reminder on the post at the top of the stairs. This is also know as the 'Devils Kettle' park. And you will...

Picture: On the right shows the falls the day on the day we were there. The all time max flow was about two months before that and almost...

Picture - Family walking with us to the lighthouse. The walk is almost flat. As of a few years ago they added steps to get up onto the...

Picture - The Gooseberry River has re-routed itself downstream from the lower falls. This was the busies we have seen the parking area....

Picture - Duluth boardwalk (I just looked and it has been a year and a week since our last 'boardwalk' here. The boardwalk doesn't have...

Picture - This area is also known as 'Forty Steps.' We had given ourselves a couple of days off between work and a family event so we...

PICTURE - Sand path This state park was no charge. This park is on a peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean but is on the 'land' side of the...

PICTURE - We were there on a record setting day for manatee sightings. "In 1970, 14 manatee's were sighted here, two years later the...