Janet's Minnesota Art Expedition started in Grand Marais. I stayed at a wonderful bed and breakfast, the Antler Inn. The owner has worked very hard on the front garden which was formerly just rocks. She also has a wonderful angel watching over all from the side yard.
On Sunday I went to the First Congregational Church. They announced that they were going to go on a boat trip on Tuesday evening. Rides would be available at the church parking lot. I signed up and had an excellent time on the Grandpa Woo. We left from Beaver Bay and had a two-hour trip on beautiful Lake Superior. The geology alone is fascinating, but add to that seeing baby peregrine falcons flying and harebells growing out of a cliff and you have quite a science lesson. Not only that, we learned all about the taconite industry while watching an ore freighter loading at Taconite Harbor.
Leaving Beaver Bay on the Grandpa Woo.
These are the magnificent Palisades where we saw the baby peregrine falcons who had just learned to fly. This is also where we saw the harebells, little purple flowers that seem to grow right out of the rocks.
(Picture by Jan Anderson, found by searching images on Google. Permission obtained from photographer to post here.)
These are pictures of caves carved out of the rocks.
Taconite Harbor is located in Schroeder, MN. A byproduct of the refining process is energy. A low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal generating station, operated by Minnesota Power, Duluth, MN, is located here. Taconite is a low-grade of iron ore. An ore boat was loading as we cruised quite close.
The weather was perfect for this evening. We even had a perfect sunset on the way back to Beaver Bay.
