This was CutFace Creek Rest Area. We stopped on our way up to Canada and took many lovely photos of the scenery. Each of us came away with a favorite small rock or two from Lake Superior here as well. On the trip south we stopped again for a picnic lunch. Definitely a favorite site on our trip.
In Grand Marais we doubled back after spotting this sign by the side of the road. Mom and I got Fern and Maple Leaf ornaments here. Extremely nice people running this little shop.
In Grand Marais I happened to spy a black sailboat with 3 black sails out on Lake Superior. In our quest to see it better we happened onto Artist's Point. Beautiful rocky coastline here. We had to traipse through gooseberries to get to it.
One of our favorite stops was Grand Portage National Monument just a few miles south of the Canadian border. An old fur trading post had been recreated with an Ojibway Indian encampment just outside. The guides wore period costumes and really brought the history of the fur trade and rendevous' to life. Excellent! We had an especially great description of how a birch bark canoe was built from an historian at this site.
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