Lamb's Resort

We staying in Schroeder, MN at Lamb's Resort and it was breath takingly beautiful. The Resort itself had beautiful camp sites with lovely walking paths nearby.

There are very few places in the world that I would go back to but let me tell you that the North Shore area in MN is definitely one of them!

Check out the web site http://lambsresort.com/

Still at Temperance Liquors

After chuckling at the name, we went in and our son immediately fell in love with the giant bear. I inquired about the bear and learned that her husband had bought it at a trade show. She commented that she could have bought a lot of t-shirts for the same amount of money. While she didn't think much of the money spent, she did admit that it brought folks back!

Temperance Liquors

We were traveling along Lake Superior in Minnesota and stopped in the "North Shore" area.

We laughed ourselves senseless when we came upon Temperance Liquors. So we went in and asked the owner from whence the name. She laughed and said it all started with Temperance Canoes, then traders and then added the liquor.

So to answer the question, we just had to buy some wine at Temperance Liquors!

Thunder Bay Ontario Canada

While in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada we happened to be camped next to an RV with a custom paint job. We chatted with the fellow and he told us that his RV needed to be painted and the factory paint job was going to cost him about $5,000, so he asked a local artist to paint his coach to look like his home setting. Here's the catch, the local artist worked for a week on it and only charged him $500. Have to say I think the local artist completely undervalued his time and talent!

Cascade River and falls, north shore MN

We hiked into see the falls of Cascade River while up on the north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. Not a far walk, just about a half a mile, kind of up hill and down hill. So here are some pictures.

Kakabeka Falls

While traveling in Canada, we stayed at the Happy Land RV park in Kakabeka Falls, Ontario. It was a lovely little RV park, very clean and nice wooded sites. But the best part of all--it was just a mile or so from the most magnificent water fall. We were told it is the second largest falls in North America--second only to Niagara Falls.

http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/kaka.html

Fort William Thunder Bay Canada

We took a trip to Fort William in Thunder Bay Canada. It is a restored trading post and is populated by knowledgeable actors who "live in the period."

It was fantastic, and we learned a ton by interacting with the people. We walked into the trading post and learned we couldn't trade because we were not on contract with the company. Then we learned we could trade at the native store but we didn't have any beaver pelts so alas we couldn't trade. We learned beaver pelts were the hot commodity because all the fine men in Europe were wearing Beaver felt top hats.

Well I could go on and on but it was well worth the trip. But if you go...take bug spray. The mosquitoes were as big as birds!