MN North Shore

Grand Marais to Grand Portage

Ahhhh beautiful Grand Marais, MN. This (and points North) is my favorite area of the MN North Shore. We got off the beaten path and explored a few forest roads on our way to Judge CR Magney State Park. The wild flowers were incredible as were the butterflies. One of the forest road dead-ended out in the middle of nowhere. That wasn’t terribly convenient and it forced us to backtrack back to where we started. It could have been worse; we could be at work.

We spent a fair amount of time at Judge CR Magney State Park and generally took it a bit easier than we had in the last two days. That pace we initially set was pretty aggressive pace initially and we were both starting to slow down some. We arrived in Grand Portage in the early afternoon.

Lodging

Cabin lodging in these parts of the MN North Shore typically insist on a 2-night say minimum. We had hoped to stay at Hollow Rock Resort so we could just wake up at sunrise and walk out right onto the shore for sunrise, but the two-day stay stamped that plan out. The Grand Portage Lodge & Casino is a suitable solution to your one night stay needs. Hollow Rock Resort is part of the casino and there wasn’t an issue gaining access to do a sunrise shoot there.

We checked in and then explored the surrounding area some as a late afternoon thunderstorm rolled on through. An early dinner at the Casino and some much-needed shuteye seem like the perfect end of another full day of traveling the North Shore.

Here are my shots of the MN North Shore – The in between, Day 3