Drove north today up through Duluth and along the north shore of Lake Superior. The drive was nice, not too long and through some pretty countryside and across the Mississippi, at least until we got to Duluth. It's another large city, but one with lots of roadwork going on. In fact this whole state seems to have roadworks going on. I understand that the repairs have to be done during the summer before the bad weather comes but it doesn't make it easy for tourists to get around; even when they tell you on the radio which roads are closed and between where, as we don't know the area it's not really all that helpful. Anyway, after getting through Duluth we drove along the 61 which is right next to Lake Superior. It's a beautiful area with some gorgeous houses lining the roadside. The road extends to the Canadian border and then over it to Thunder Bay, about 190 miles altogether, but we only drove a short ways along it, mostly once again as we stopped numerous times for 10+ minutes for the road crews that were working on the road. We drove as far as Split Rock Lighthouse before turning back and eventually decided to stop at Gooseberry Falls State Park for a little bit of a wander. It is lovely, the falls were nice, one falls split into three different cascades.We walked around the park and viewed the falls and Tal-y got to drink the river and paddle a little bit which she appreciated since it was super hot and muggy.
We stopped for lunch at a viewpoint overlooking Lake Superior on the way back. The lake is massive, it is the largest fresh water lake in the world and holds 10% of the world's surface fresh water. It looks more like an ocean than a lake really and since it is so big it doesn't really have the character that some of the smaller lakes have.
On the way home we spotted a frozen custard shop, lush. I think this was by far Mike's best day of the trip.
Before we headed to the trailer we stopped off at Hinckley, if you're ever in this area these no need to stop, there's nothing here.
Took Tal-y for a run on the playing fields when we got back and she had a blast chasing the thousands of chipmunks that are here. They'd stick their heads up and chirp, she'd take off after them and stick her head down the whole, then they'd pop up behind her chirping some more. I think they were messing with her, but she had lots of fun anyway.

Mike: I'm ashamed, the chipmunks are smarter than my dog!