Quimper Hittys

We are in Duluth Minnesota to support a relative. My Finnish grandmother lived here as a child and I last visited here with her when I was six years old! I don’t remember much from that trip except for picking blueberries on the nearby Magdalen Islands in Wisconsin!

From Leif Erikson Park on the Duluth waterfront we could see a huge bridge. It connects Minnesota point to the rest of Duluth.

We drove over the bridge and out to the end of the point, wriggled our toes in the sand and squinted our eyes to see if we could see the Apostle and Magdalen Islands but we could not.

Up!

When we drove back towards Duluth the bridge was up! We had to wait until some pleasure boats and a tourist boat went through the canal before the road deck came back down and we could get back to the city.

Besides sight-seeing, we have also been knitting up leftover yarn…

…viewing wildlife…

…doing laundry and viewing more wildlife! We saw a skunk but didn’t get close enough to photograph it!

The Positively Third Street Bakery is near our house and in the morning you can smell fresh baking from a few blocks away…

…and we’ve been finding a few treasures for the Hittys in little shops. We’ll be home in a week or so but meanwhile it is good to feel helpful and to find some delights in Duluth.

Floradora and Coriander went to the Farmer’s market in Duluth and bought some fresh tomatoes and basil…

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