TOP: Center for Non-Violence in Duluth. This closed right after Bush took office.
2nd: The Electric Fetus...I thought it was an abortion clinic, but apparently it was a music shop
3rd: The Duluth harbor bridge...not quite Sidney, but pretty cool nonetheless.
4th: A plate of the signature spaghetti at Grandma's restaurant (of Grandma's marathon running race fame).
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After finishing up in MStP, we were heading up to the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior for the weekend to kayak and bike. But first, we had to take a swing by Duluth to check it out.
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Duluth is the quinesential harbor city...freighters everywhere hauling coal, iron ore, and various commodities into Lake Superior for their trip down to the rust belt...Detroit, Chicago, Gary, Cleveland...Huge freighters, huge warehouses (for grain I suppose), and a huge lake. Superior has claimed thousands of ships over the years (remember the Edmund Fitzgerald song?), and I can see why. It's is huge, makes it's own weather, and I imagine can be incredibly rough in the wintertime.
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Duluth was actually kind cool...nice waterfront with lots of little restaurants, spike hills coming right off the lake with houses stacked all the way up, and a pleasant sea breeze (probably not so pleasant at 30 below in january however). Well worth a visit.
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"Glad I live comparatively in the sun belt...Rochester" Lumpy out
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