Weekend on the North Shore

This past weekend I finally visited the North Shore of Minnesota. In fact, we hit up 7 state parks in 2 days. My favorite state park thus far in Minnesota is Cascade River - the lookout point was absolutely amazing. My least favorite was Gooseberry Falls just because there were so many people (I didn't even take any pictures). The water was crazy high which made all the water falls we hiked to a little more AMAZING! My trip was a quick tour of the highlights and my legs are still feeling a bit like jello from all the terrain but it was great to get out and about without leading 20 kids around! :)

Devils Kettle.

 Judge C.R. Magney state park is home to Devil's Kettle. Usually this is a really neat place because the waterfall splits into 2. Half continues on where its visible, the other half disappears. The water was so high that they turned into one fall. We could kinda make out the kettle but this is the one fall where the high water was a bit of  a let down.

Me at Cascade River

Lookout point from Cascade River state Park - probably the highlight of the trip for me.

 Cascade River was by far my favorite (although the waves crashing along the shore on Tettegouche came in a close second). The park had falls and amazing lookouts without many people. Defiantly would go back and explore this park more!

Waves on Lake Superior in Tettegouche.

High falls in Tettegouche State Park

Falls in Crosby Manitou

Split Rock State Park