Eagle Mountain

A beautiful sunny day in Grand Marais!  Started with breakfast at the Pie Place.  We always like to try the local fare when we travel and today was wild rice and cranberry french toast. Sounds unusual to have wild rice included in your french toast but it was delicious!
The morning started off cool but didn't stay that way for long with a high of 82!

We wandered around Grand Marais after breakfast and stopped into the Ben Franklin.

If you remember this little store from way back when, it is one of those quaint five and dime stores but this one had a whole lot more!  It included sundries and toys but along with those classic items were wool pants, fur lined hats, Carhartt everything and galoshes!

Everything you need for winter play!

Since it was such a pretty day, we wanted to explore some more.

After stopping in at the Superior National Forest Visitor's Center,

we decided on a hike to Eagle Mountain, the highest natural point in Minnesota, at 2,301 feet, and included a 7 mile hike through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.  

The heat, the mosquitoes, the Repel bug spray. . . we were so ready for a shower and to be back in the comfort of our cozy camper.

Dinner at the Gunflint Tavern included "bangers and mash" for Jim.  

For those who are unfamiliar, and I was, the dish includes smoked sausage, kraut and coffeed onions, and mashed potatoes.

Our waitress was from Portugal,  so tonight we learned how to say "thank you very much" 

in Portugese. . . obrigada~

We hurried back to our campsite in hopes of catching another spectacular sunset.

There is a cold front moving in so tonight things were a little more gray.

But Jim captured this picture of the lonely bench.

Tomorrow we are off to spend the day at Isle Royale National Park.

Can't wait!

Love and Good night~