More Waterfalls

Monday, September 14, 2015

You would think we would have burned out on looking at waterfalls.  Well we haven’t, so we hiked to see some really pretty ones in the park today.  The park has lots of trails and some really long ones, but the falls are on some 1/2 mile trails.  Piece of cake, right?  Yes and no.  To get to them required some big up and down hill hiking.  Fortunately, they’ve installed boardwalks and steps to make the hike easier, sort of.  The water falls required negotiating about 600 steps each way.  It was worth it; these were some beautiful falls.  The first were called the Two Step Falls.

The second falls were the High Falls.  They were also spectacular.

The next feature we hiked to was a sheer cliff top called Shovel Point.  Climbers like to scale this cliff, about 500 feet up from the water’s edge.  There were three guys preparing to do just that as we got here.  We spoke to one of them and he said its fun, we should try it sometime.  Hah!  Dan’s knees were shaking so bad at the edge of this thing, it was hard to keep the camera steady.  Yeah we’ll try it when we see a pig hang glide off the top. By the way, it was another 400 steps to get up here.

Here are a couple other pretty shots.

The rock formation in the background is Shovel Point, that’s the one we hiked to with the 400 steps.  The last two shots are from Palisades Head looking northeast.

This wraps up our stay at Tettegouchi and the North Shore.  We would recommend this to anyone who enjoys breath taking scenery and waterfalls.  The are plenty of motels and restaurants along Highway 61.  It’s only 150 miles long.

Tomorrow we venture back into civilization, going to Duluth.  There are plenty of things to do and see.  Our adventure continues!