The Rest of the Story...or what a difference a day makes.

Tuesday morning in Blue Fin Bay...when the sun came up I was happy to find that the wind and rain had subsided. The location of the inn is right on the water and I just loved the view out the window of our suite. You can barely see our window up through this tree branch.

The Inn has 3 levels, some of which have a deck & fireplace, but all have an awesome view.

This shoreline was rocky, almost looked volcanic. The Lichen was very orange and pretty is it's own way.

The staff was scrambling on Tuesday morning to get generators hooked up and about the time I walked out into the parking lot, the water was restored. This made it much more civilized. That not being able to flush the toilet with 3 of us sharing it...not good. The Blue Fin Bay Inn folks were working hard and were friendly and concerned about us. In the end, they gave us a voucher for a free night. Too bad Janet and Terry live so far away, but I will be delighted to use that voucher in their name.

The sun was shining way out into the lake and caused a shiny streak on the horizon.

Next time I want to walk on the boardwalk and explore more of the Tofte, MN area. The resort has a fire on the beach most nights and the guests are given supplies for s'mores.

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Once we learned that the power would likely not be restored until afternoon, we decided to go find breakfast and head back South. We ended up back at the Satellite for a delicious breakfast. The owner/cook is famous for her fish cakes, and I agree that they are quite yummy.

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After breakfast, we headed to Gooseberry Falls State Park. This is a popular spot with a very nice visitor's center, gift shop and nice walking paths.

The leaves were beautiful and the sky was bright blue.

I had fun taking lots and lots of pictures of the scenery.

We saw the middle and lower falls on our walk.



Last, but not least, we stopped at Wisconsin Point in Superior. I was here in the spring when the ice was going out of the lake. I love this view.

When we left Wisconsin Point, we followed the lake around to Cornucopia and then finally headed south through Hayward back to Rice Lake in time to have Mexican food at Cafe Mexicana on main street.

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Even with the storm and lack of power, it was a very excellent trip Up North.