Lake Superiority Complex5
andrea posted in Departures, Detours on October 1st, 2008
For our last outing, the ‘Ploob got to go on a road trip. What’s more American than a road trip? We went north to check out the one Great Lake bordering Minnesota: Lake Superior.
It was a gorgeous Minnesota late summer day, all sunshine and heat - even “up north” in Duluth. We headed to Canal Park, one of the best places to get up close and personal with Lake Superior, and a place to get a novel look at some seafaring vessels.
“Is it any wonder that Duluthians and Minnesotan’s love this magnificent lake so much?”
Some facts about Lake Superior that we learned from this plaque:
- It has the largest surface area of all fresh water bodies in the world.
- It take the sun 30 minutes to arc over the lake.
- The time it takes for the average vessel to get from Duluth to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway is seven days.
- “It is quite easy to imagine that it is the most wonderful lake in the world.”
Feeling inspired, we decided to head down the boardwalk to the Aerial Lift Bridge, to see if we could see any big ships coming or going.
And we did:
This particular vessel was from St. Johns, in the Caribbean (it’s blurry in the photo, but trust me, that’s what it says).
It was a hot day and all of this being in the sun was starting to wear on the ‘Ploob and me, so we went to the Portland Malt Shop for one of the most fantastic chocolate malts I’ve ever had. It was about a 20 minute wait to get a malt, but once we got ours, we could see what all the fuss was about.
There was also a great view of the lake from up on the hill where the malt shop is located.
On the way out of town, the ‘Ploob got one last scenic view of Lake Superior.
It just goes to show that Minnesota isn’t all about delicacies-on-a-stick and giant malls.
And now, my husband and I bid a fond farewell to the Bitwrathploob and send him to his next destination - but I’ll let that be a surprise.
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