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I finally got photos from a another trip organized.  These are from an early September trip to Minnesota where we hung out with a couple of friends over the Labor Day weekend, and then explored the North Shore of Lake Superior:

http://photos.bellhanley.com/Trips/Hiking/Minnesota-2011 (http://photos.bellhanley.com/Trips/Hiking/Minnesota-2011)

There are so many birds in this album I considered putting it under "general nature discussion", but it really is a vacation album.  However, we saw gazillions of Cedar Waxwings, and visited one of the major raptor migration spots in Duluth (Hawk Ridge), where Patti got to release a Sharp-shinned Hawk.

So there are plenty of bird photos to keep folks interested...and a couple of videos.

Thanks! I really enjoyed comparing this area to the Lake Winnipesaukee area in New Hampshire, where we go every summer.  I love the North Woods, whereever they are, but the Lake Superior area just blew me away.  I had no idea that there were big cliffs in Minnasota, and the waterfalls were astounding.  And, of course, the loon.

Paul

Hi Patti, I've been meaning to get back to you ever since you posted this and I looked at them.  Being from MN all my life until four (wow four already) years ago I really appreciated seeing them.  :thumbsup: That's great you got to see more of Split Rock lighthouse than just the outside, the time I was there years ago it wasn't open.  You got lots of great pictures as usual and had a great few days!  Someday I'll see a cedar waxwing, most people I know have  :(

Patti, a gal I know from MN posted this link on FaceBook and I thought you (or others) might like it...

http://journal.northshoreimages.com/2012/02/split-rock-aurora.html (http://journal.northshoreimages.com/2012/02/split-rock-aurora.html)

Thanks Nora, the aurora was really nice, and I perused several other galleries there...I love the winter shots.  We visited the same two friends several years ago during winter -- they took us snowshoeing and cross-country skiing (things we don't get to do in Louisville), and we made it down to the North Shore to see the ice piled up...it was a pretty magnificent sight.

We didn't get to hike as hard as we originally intended when we planned the trip because I injured my knee just before we left...but I limped around on the trails and made the best of it.  It's a really beautiful area (both Ely/Boundary Waters and the North Shore of Lake Superior).  I don't think I could survive a whole winter there, though!  I'm constituted to tolerate heat much more than cold...

Hi Patti - Looks like you and Jeane had another wonderful trip.  Beautiful pictures.  The birds and the wild flowers are gorgeous.  Thanks for sharing.