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2023 03 25 - Great River Bluffs - Winona MN
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...
jim9145
Mar 26, 20231 min read


2022 07 24 - Colby Park - Woodbury MN
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...
jim9145
Aug 14, 20221 min read


2022 07 19 - Duluth Canal Lake Walk - Duluth MN
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...
jim9145
Aug 11, 20221 min read


2022 07 18 - Cascade State Park - Lutsen MN
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...
jim9145
Aug 5, 20222 min read


2022 07 17 - Judge CR Magney State Park - Grand Marais MN
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...
jim9145
Aug 4, 20221 min read


2022 07 16 - Grand Portage State Park - Grand Portage MN
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...
jim9145
Aug 1, 20221 min read


2022 07 16 - Lighthouse - Grand Marais MN
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...
jim9145
Jul 31, 20221 min read


2022 07 15 - Gooseberry Falls State Park - Two Harbors MN
Picture - The Gooseberry River has re-routed itself downstream from the lower falls. This was the busies we have seen the parking area....
jim9145
Jul 30, 20221 min read


2022 07 14 - Duluth Canal Lake Walk - Duluth MN
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...
jim9145
Jul 28, 20221 min read


2022 06 11 - Cliff Walk - Newport RI
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...
jim9145
Jul 27, 20221 min read


2022 02 07 - Carolina Beach State Park - Wilmington NC
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...
jim9145
Feb 17, 20221 min read


2022 01 24 - Blue Springs State Park - Orange City FL
PICTURE - We were there on a record setting day for manatee sightings. "In 1970, 14 manatee's were sighted here, two years later the...
jim9145
Jan 30, 20222 min read


2022 01 23 - Lighthouse Beach Park - Sanibel Island FL
PICTURE - More shells here than at Loves Key beach. We had looked up this place and it looked like it would be more sheltered from the...
jim9145
Jan 25, 20222 min read


2022 01 23 - Lovers Key State Park - Fort Myers Beach FL
Details here 8700 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931 We arrived about 11 AM on a Sunday morning. The area was empty except for a few...
jim9145
Jan 24, 20221 min read


2022 01 22 - Marsh Trail - Ten Thousand Islands NWR - Carnestown FL
There are actual islands in the Gulf that are part of this park. But it is hard to tell in this area as there are more island than water,...
jim9145
Jan 23, 20221 min read


2022 01 22 - Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk - Carnestown FL
The address of this place is actually Naples, but Naples is 25 miles away. Carnestown is only five miles away. A map shows they have big...
jim9145
Jan 22, 20222 min read


2022 01 21 - Circle B Bar Reserve - Lakeland FL
Alligator Alley - It get to the water the path is under the most covered trees. This is about a 2-1/2 mile path. We have done a couple of...
jim9145
Jan 22, 20222 min read


2021 07 13 - Split Rock - State Park
Picture - It's not too hard to guess where this picture was taken. It is a mostly level walk on a dirt trail to get to this point. When...
jim9145
Jul 14, 20212 min read


2021 07 12 - Grand Marias
Picture - taken at the Grand Marais overlook. Slow start for the day. Short walk to get donuts. Then finally around noon we head out up...
jim9145
Jul 12, 20212 min read


2021 07 11 - Grand Portage - State Park
This one is a state park so I am doing in separate write up. This park is just before the Candian border, you can see those buildings...
jim9145
Jul 11, 20212 min read
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