Superior Trail, redux

Back on the trail ...

Our days ended with a couple of hours around a campfire. So relaxing. So peaceful.

Oe night we had s'mores. Only they were made with fudge-stripe cookies with a perfectly toasted marshmallow (thanks to Bonnie) in the middle. Delicious!

Mornings began with a run (optional!) and then breakfast. Not being much of a camper recently, I was fascinated by the process of making an omelet, in a Ziploc bag!! Combine 2 eggs, some meat and cheese,

squish it up,

and boil it for 13 minutes.

Presto! A perfectly cooked omelet!

Day 2. Oberg, LeVeaux, Britton and Carlton peaks. Here's our merry little band, all of whom chose to wear St. Cloud shirts that day: Paul (SCRR shirt), Bonnie (St. Cloud State shirt), Ron (Granite City 5K shirt), Gerry (Endurunce Shop shirt), me (SCRR shirt). We started with Oberg.

And then LeVeaux.

I kept looking for something with walls and a roof!

And then Carlton Peak.

And then Britton Peak. And then back toward the Temperance River, where some of us were tipping over dead birch trees. Bonnie started it. ;-)

As I recall, this was another 11+ mile hiking day. I'd run 10 in the AM so it was another 20-miler for me. But the hiking is so much less jarring so my legs felt pretty good. When we returned to the campground, the lake and clear blue sky looked so inviting so I took a few more photos, trying to capture the waves crashing on shore.

All the trails on the Superior Trail are marked with blue paint on the trees.

Spur trails are marked with white.

We stopped at beautiful Gooseberry Falls on Sunday.

One little boy dropped his drawers and pee'ed right into the water much to our astonishment. The sound of the running water must have gotten to him. Funny!!

On the way south, we stopped at famous Betty's Pies, but the wait was 20 minutes so we continued on.

I did buy 2 pieces to go: Pecan and Cherry Berry Crunch. I have a Betty's Pies cookbook. :-)

All too soon, our getaway was over. What a wonderful trip. It will be reprised the last weekend in September again next year. Be there!! I sure hope to be.