Soul Centered Photography: "north shore"

Friday, November 10, 2023

Fall Color Trip, Cascade River State Park, early October 2023, part 2

Part two of our fall color trip up north along the north shore of Lake Superior.

For part 1 see this post: https://soulcenteredphotography.blogspot.com/2023/10/fall-color-trip-cascade-river-state.html

We were camping at the Cascade River State park near Grand Marais, one of my favorite spots in the area. We were greeted with another gorgeous sunrise at Lake Superior. And I took more photos of the Cedar trees in the morning light.

The rest of the day we went exploring heading north along the Cascade river. Stopping at various places enjoying the solitude and beauty of the river and forest.

We hiked along the river to Hidden Falls - a series of smaller waterfalls and a lesser known area in the State Park.

We found an abundance of mushrooms - different varieties I am not familiar with.

On the way home we stopped at Tettegouche State park and Stoney Point. It was a windy day with waves coming ashore - very refreshing. Shanti found a little truck and carried it all over the place. He was so proud of his new toy!!

Enjoy, Susanne

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Colors of dawn

Orange sunrise, Lake Superior

Sunrise, Lake Superior

Cedar trees in morning light

Cascade river

Swans, Cascade river

A "secret" waterfall along the Cascade river

Fall color drive

Hidden Falls, Cascade river

So inviting - Cascade river

Hidden Falls, Cascade river

Cascade river up close

Cascade river up close, swirls

Mossy hill

Cascade river with swirls

Large group of mushrooms

waves rolling in

Shovel Point at Tettegoousche State park

Fishing shack at Stoney Point

Shanti with his new toy truck

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Fall Colors arrived early, September 2023

The fall colors started early and all of a sudden there was a lot of reds, oranges and yellows but also still lots of greens. We made a spontaneous trip to the north shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota. The campsites at the State Parks are mostly booked way in advance but I was lucky to find a spot at the Temperance River State park - one of my favorite parks as it is close to the lake and is one of the best spots to see the sunrise.

We watched and photographed two sunrises - each day was very different. Lake Superior has so many moods!!

The weather was perfect and we walked the very popular Oberg Mountain loop near Lutsen. It was actually so warm that Shanti had troubles - he doesn't like the heat but there were so many people and dogs he could greet!! I have taken many photos of Oberg lake but never with such pretty clouds in the sky! Of course there is Photoshop that allows you to replace any sky with something better but I prefer whatever nature offers me. After that we climbed up to White Sky Rock, a short but steep hike but breathtaking view of Caribou Lake.

On the way home we checked Heartbreak Hill (near Tofte) - a popular fall color drive through the Superior National Forest but there was still a lot of green trees.

The last day started out with a beautiful sunrise but as we headed home we ended up in a lot of fog. We took a hike through a forest which was very enchanting but the overlook (Marshall Mountain near Finland) was so foggy we had no view of the lakes and forest surrounding us.

Enjoy the photos and thanks for looking, Susanne

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