NorthShore

We drove north to Lake Superior, the first time for both of us. I think we were both surprised how very ocean like it was there. Light houses and seagulls and everything. It was getting a bit cold for camping, but it was dry and the leaves were changing and the campgrounds were empty, so it was nice.

Lake Superior


One of the many beautiful waterfalls we visited. There were 8 state parks lining the Minnesota coast line of Lake Superior, and all of them seemed to have their own special attraction.


Split Rock Light house


We took a tram ride at a ski resort on a tip from a woman at a visitor's center, and a good tip it was, for we got to see this....


The hillside just beginning to explode with color. They had a viewing perch at the end of the tram ride with hiking trails and a restaurant. It was foggy, but still very impressive.


Devil's Kettle, an unusual double waterfall, with the left falls dumping into an illusionary bottomless hole, while its neighbor flowed into the river.




We dipped into Ontario for a short hike to see the highest falls in Minnesota...we still aren't sure about that one...if we were in Minnesota for part of the hike or what. This is High Falls.


Today we went to the Mayo Clinic for my elbow appointment. We first saw the resident who examined me and said, well "looks like classic tendinitis", and upon hearing I came from Oregon, "I hope you didn't come out all this way just for this". Then the doctor came in, examined me and determined that it was not tendinitis, one of the manual tests he did was negative and he said if I had tendinitis, it would have been really painful. I told him that my elbow clicks when I rotate and when he saw that he said he thinks something is catching inside, and thinks I may have damaged the end of my radius when I jammed it playing volleyball. Long story short I'm scheduled for minor surgery tomorrow and hopefully will get it cleaned up and be healed in 2 weeks. I wish the rest of the medical world worked this quickly and thoroughly. Wish me luck tomorrow! Surgery at noon, then flying home the next morning!