Harbor, from lighthouse
The lighthouse in Two Harbors is part of a set of museums operated by the county historical society; you can pay ten bucks a person and get to see all of them. That seemed like a pretty good deal so we went for it. The nice lady at the cash register had some sort of technical problem, resulting in our museum passes costing -$50,000. Sadly, she fixed the error before we got the 50K.
But anyway, we were in, and climbed up inside the lighthouse as far as permitted, which gave us a porthole-shaped view of the harbor.
And then, on our way out the nice lady at the cash register asked if we’d seen the ships – one leaving the port and the other coming in. It was, she said, the first time in 36 years she’d seen such a sight. Two ships! At once! How lucky for us!
Later the Patient Spouse said he thought that seeing two ships was surely a common thing, citing her first attempt at figuring out the entrance fee as a reason to doubt her veracity. I guess I see his point.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
photographed 9.23.2019
Another sort of graveyard
Intrepid woodlands explorer that I am, I was easily able to spot the dead Adirondack that the murderer had attempted to hide.
Nice try, murderer.
near Two Harbors, Minnesota
photographed 9.26.2019
I like what they’ve done here
The GPS failed to tell us that the street (and sidewalks) we were looking for was completely torn up. But it didn’t matter, I guess, since we noticed that all on our own.
The store employee told me the work should be done in “about a month” but I was polite enough to not laugh.
along Superior Street
Duluth, Minnesota
photographed 9.22.2019
Things line up eventually
You know how I am – if there’s a cemetery nearby there’s a very good chance that I’ll want to stop and explore it. And so that’s why we took a break from driving around some urban lakes in Minneapolis – the cemetery was RIGHT THERE.
And it wasn’t exactly like we ignored the lakes – the western edges of the cemetery offered a lovely view of the lake now known as Bde Maka Ska (Previously it was Lake Calhoun, and maybe that name change is in limbo.)
Lakewood Cemetery
Minneapolis, Minnesota
photographed 9.20.2019
One of the last days
Of course, I don’t have any way to know this for sure, but I feel like this almost-end-of-September day was about the end of the summer boating season.
Lake Harriett Bandshell Park
Minneapolis, Minnesota
photographed 9.20.2019
