Thursday June 23rd we awoke to a very overcast day that alternated between misty, sprinkles of rain and steady rain. Fog was ever present for the entire day! After checking in at the visitor center in Grand Marais to get information, we decided to dodge the raindrops and take a short 1/2 to 3/4 mile hike to Sable Falls. What better time to view a waterfall than when its being fed!
We continued to follow the stream for a while, but the raindrops came back with a vengeance, and we decided to backtrack to the car.
Here's my first attempt at putting a video on my blog, hope you can see and hear Sable Falls just as I did!
But, I did stop to admire these pretty Forget-Me-Nots!
Moving on down the road, we stopped again for another mini-hike at the Log Slide. Decades ago, loggers would harvest trees and, in the winter, have horse teams pull large loads of logs up this sand dune. The logs would then be unloaded and rolled downhill to Lake Superior where they would have been floated downstream.
Obviously we weren't the first ones here this morning!
Mike and Alyssa charging up the Log Slide in the wet sand.
We were poking around at the top and I found some prints...I didn't have my cheat sheet for animal tracks (nor a ruler) but this one was bigger than a 4x6 photo, but not as big as my journal. Its hard to see in the photo, it was easier to see the detail in person, perhaps possibly a rear black bear print...I spotted a ranger and inquired of the nature of the print and he seemed to agree.
Several yards away, I spotted this track. Dogs are not allowed here and the tracks led off into the woods. Perhaps a coyote??
Here we are looking down the
other side of the Log Slide where the timber would have been rolled down to Lake Superior. We really wanted to go down and check that out, however there were several signs warning against such action. Apparently, walking UP such a sand dune is nearly impossible and many rescues/injuries/heart attacks happen here somewhat regularly. We really didn't want vacation to end on the second day so we decided against
that one!
A few days later by Whitefish Point we saw one of the carts that were used to pull the logs to the log slides!
On the 1/2 mile trek back to the car I stumbled on this felled tree and was quite amused at the shape of its trunk! I'm not sure what kind it was, but interesting just the same!
Mike and Alyssa charging up the Log Slide in the wet sand. 
other side of the Log Slide where the timber would have been rolled down to Lake Superior. We really wanted to go down and check that out, however there were several signs warning against such action. Apparently, walking UP such a sand dune is nearly impossible and many rescues/injuries/heart attacks happen here somewhat regularly. We really didn't want vacation to end on the second day so we decided against
A few days later by Whitefish Point we saw one of the carts that were used to pull the logs to the log slides!
On the 1/2 mile trek back to the car I stumbled on this felled tree and was quite amused at the shape of its trunk! I'm not sure what kind it was, but interesting just the same!
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