Linnea
Borealis, Twin Flower - Photo by
Erik W. L. Anderson
September 1st, 2004 - Report
by
Four Adventures!
Monday
was a "trip back in
time" on the Grand
Portage Trail. We started
in the middle, in Mineral
Center in the parking lot
there and went towards Fort
Charlotte. I was hoping to see
the Beaver
Dam and the Fort. I think that
distance was 4 1/2 miles one
way. I was able to see the
Beaver Dam but needed to rest
as my partner went the whole
distance. It was a nice trail,
not too hard. The forest was
beautiful, many large trees,
even though many were Aspen.
Now I am hoping to do the
first half.
Wednesday
was a good day to take a ride
and we went down to the newer
boat access south of
Tettegouche called Twin
Points. We walked around there
taking several trails, read
the sign telling the history
of the area and the uniqueness
of the beach. We then went to
Tettegouche and ate our lunch
on a bench looking at the
beautiful lake. It was a very
nice day and a pleasant time.
Thursday
was very foggy and humid,
however not too hot. We wore
rain pants and started out
with rain jackets. We were
hiking on the Superior
Hiking Trail from Jackson
Lake to the Arrowhead Trail
and were lucky we went that
direction particularly at one
place where there was just a
chute down between two very
large rocks. Anyway it was the
only trip I took paper and
pencil. We saw lots of Indian
pipes and leaves of: lots
of Linnea,
Pyrola,
many of the smaller ones, Ginger,
Pipsissewa,
Baneberry, Nodding
Trillium, some of their
seedpods were bright red,
Clintonia, and Bunchberries
with beautiful red berries.
Plenty of raspberries
and thimbleberries
to eat. Many, many mushrooms
of all sizes and shapes, one
Northern Green Orchid and one
Long Brachted Orchid.
The forest was beautiful with
many overlooks, one was called
the Hellacious Overlook but
because of the fog and mist we
could not enjoy them. The
downside was the many trees
fallen over the path that had
to be climbed over.
Saturday,
with my grandson we went to
George Crosby Manitou State
Park, near Isabella
in Lake County. That too was
challenging. Many, many
mushrooms and Luke found a
very special, small falls that
just spouted out of the rocks.
This time when I fell I
bruised my chest so Luke did
the shifting in the car for
me. We had brought wieners and
marshmallows and wood so we
had a wiener roast at the
picnic grounds. That was a
very memorable trip.
The highways are gold with Black-eyed-Susans
and Goldenrod,
purple and white with Asters.
This will be my last report
for this season. The fall
leaves look like they will be
early this year, some say by
two weeks. We saw signs of
change
already...............................
See
what we found last year at
this time of year!
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