Tamarac Wildlife Refuge

When we check into Forest Lakes resort we discovered we were about 25 miles from Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. One of our favorite bloggers was volunteering at Tamarac. We have been following her blog for several years. Wow, lets go over and surprise her. We did get to meet her and had a shot visit. She was working the day we arrived. You can see her blog here,  Travels with Emma

 

 

 

The refuge is 43,000 acres. see www.fws.gov/refuge/tamarce

We were lucky to see many water foul babies.

 

This was a very long distance photo, and we believe these are eagles.

This was in another section of the refuge, and this is an eagle, again a very long distance photo.

The loon is the state bird of MN, and we very fortunate to see one,  especially with babies.

Hopping a ride.

We also had a treat seeing these baby swans.

At a different lake we saw this swan with her babies

This was a super stop for us, as we met a super blogger and got to see sum amazing wildlife. Thanks for following along.

 

Detroit Lakes MN and area

This area is a big vacation spot in MN. There are over 400 lakes in the area. The town has 50 Sunfish Sculptures around town. We found a few just checking out the area.

There is a small county museum with local artifacts.

Saw this guy on Roadside America website. This is "old three legs". Under photo is the story of Old Three Legs, copied from the Becker County Museum handout.

Indian beadwork

While at the museum we saw an add for this show and said "why not". Glad we did, it was a super show.

After a two hour show, the band move to the ballroom and played for another two hours for dancing.

Needed to check out this place, that is the Seven Sisters Spirits, not the chair.

A really big chair.

The "spirits" side was also really big.

In the area a couple more finds from Roadside America website. In the town of Vergas is the 20 foot loon, the state bird of Minnesota.

And this turkey, the worlds largest in Frazee.

 Just came across this old station on some back road.

Detroit Lakes was a nice stop over the 4th of July. Thanks for following along.

Duluth MN

While staying  at Northwood RV Park for just an overnight we wanted to check out the area. We asked the campground owner what we shouldn't  miss in the area. We only had an afternoon and evening. She suggested the Canal Park in Duluth MN. So off we went and found a really nice city park along Lake Superior. It was a bright sunny day with a lot of locals enjoying the waterfront park. There is a lift bridge which is a big attraction. The super freighters pass through this channel, and you could almost reach out and touch them. The afternoon we were there no super freighter were scheduled to go through, but there was a lot of other boat traffic. We did see the bridge go up two times while we were there.
      There is a nice Corp of Engineers Maritime Museum in the park. We did spend about an hour seeing all the artifact's.  We also walked the shops and restaurant row.  We had a nice dinner at one of the patio restaurants. Can't remember the name for sure, but believe it was Grandma's.

Two small light house on the entrance of the channel

A super neat older wooden boat.

The city of Duluth

A lot of boat traffic, note the waves

A nice day at the park.

Next, Detroit Lakes Minnesota. Thanks for following along.