O.T. It just never gets old.

flying belgian

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Got back from 3 days in Duluth, Mn. I live about 250 miles south of there and have visited there perhaps a dozen times in my life. Took two of the Grand kids there to see it for the first time. When you come around that last curve on I-35 and see over the bluff it is breathtaking. Where I live it is flat corn fields for miles so that is like you traveled to a whole different world. The lake, the harbor, the ships, the docks and of course the lift bridge. The first day we got there we watched the largest ship that travels the great lakes come through the canel and under the lift bridge. I believe they said it was 1036 ft. long. They pushed him up to a dock and were loading it with grain. You could see the grain dust coming out of it about 4 hrs. after it came into the harbor and 2 days later they were still loading it. Don't know if they kept loading all night but it must hold a lot of bushels. The Grand-kids age 11 and 10 had the most fun chasing the waves in and out of the shore. Wind was pretty calm but waves still went in and out about 8 ft.
 
Duluth and the North Shore of Lake Superior are a very pleasant place to visit. We try to get there several times each year.
 
A place that seems pretty flat, but isn't, is i80 at the Wyoming/Nebraska line. Head south at the Pine Bluffs exit and you'll see it's actually a pretty big valley.

I was surprised when I was up there last month. First time off the interstate.
 
It's a neat place for sure. We got to visit this summer with my wife's aunt and a HS friend. Canal Park is the place to go - a little bit of everything.
They were having a "nor-easter" waves bigger than I'd ever seen in my life. Tossing around boats as big as my house! Indeed a beautiful area.
 
We spent five days in Duluth a few years ago. It's beautiful country with many interesting things to see.

And yes, the huge ships this far inland were really amazing to us country bumpkins. :)
 
Been through there a couple of times in the last few months. The Wildcat Hills south of Scottsbluff are great scenery.
 
It's been a few years now since the last time we were in Duluth. The motel we stayed in was right next to the lift bridge. We really enjoyed it.
We need to get back up there!
 
Several years ago my wife, kids and I were going to northwest Wisconsin. I suggested we go through Duluth/Superior since I had never gotten to see the great lakes. On the day before we left the heat index was 117?, and on the interstate between Minneapolis and Duluth the temp was 97?. So when we hit the curve you talked about all we saw was a giant fog bank that kept visibility under 200 yards. We spent all afternoon in Duluth and I've still never seen the great lakes!
 
I live about 60 miles south of the Twin Cities and used to go through Duluth/Superior several times a year when my son and family lived in Ashland, Wis. I haven't been back to that area for several years but should try to visit again. My daughter and her family go to Duluth on a short vacation every year. It's a lovely area in the SUMMER. In the winter, not so hot (literally).
 

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