9-19-2020 Our Beach

Nightly campfire for S'mores...

This little guy kept us company but used proper social distancing...

9-18-2020 Beautiful Courtyard

At the Lutsen Lodge...

 

9-17-2020 Art? ... or ... Trash?

 

9-16-2020 Lake and Vistas

A beautiful lake and vistas 

on our drive back from Canada to Lutsen MN

Sept.13, 2020

9-15-2020 Grand Portage Welcome Center

More photos from Sept.13...the Welcome Center

at the Canadian border...

'Wildflowers' outside the Welcome Center...

were 'weeds' that make me sneeze

(Fall allergies...Goldenrod)

 

9-14-2020 Highest Falls

On Sept.9 we drove an hour north to the Canadian border

and spent the day hiking

to see the High(est) waterfall in MN,

located on the Pigeon River

in the Grand Portage Park.

The Pigeon River is the boundary water 

between the US and Canada in this area.

Here are the signs welcoming incoming Canadians

(of which there were none,

since the border is closed due to Covid19).

The Pigeon River as it appears below the falls

as we were hiking towards the falls...

(definitely 'bear country'!!!_

The "High Falls"...

8-13-2020. North Shore of Lake Superior

DH and I had a few days off last week

from babysitting duties

so on Sept.8 we headed to the North Shore of Lake Superior, MN,

a place we've not yet visited or seen.

We drove under mountains...

and through the evergreen-birch-aspen-maple-oak woods...

We stayed at the Lutsen Resort lodge

which was rebuilt after a fire in 1948.

5200 W. Highway 61

Lutsen, MN 55612

218-206-8157

https://www.lutsenresort.com

Our Jeep in the empty parking lot

and Lake Superior in the background...

Having spent last week there,

I would NOT stay at the Lutsen Lodge again.

I would choose their lovely condos or sea villas next time.

Lobby at the Lodge...

fireplace and 'bear' in the lobby...

bridge over the Poplar river goes from the lodge to the condos

and out to the point...

Poplar River emptying into Lake Superior...

outdoor porch...

view across bridge over river...

private beach at the lodge...

(where we enjoyed campfires and s'mores each night!)

view of the Poplar River while standing on the bridge...

A beautiful place to be out in nature and practice social distancing!

9-12-2020 Finishing Tonal Adjustments

Being the 'beginner' painter that I am,

I'm okay with how this turned out...

I like the berries more than the leaves tho, 

and have several things I will do differently next time!

Not sure what else to do to this one

without 'over-working it'...

9-11-2020. Start the Berries

Taking a break from the leaves and

starting the Holly berries...