Grand Marais, Minnesota, is a small tourist town with a population of about 1,400…… with motels, cabins and lodges for the outdoors enthusiasts who are drawn to the hiking, fishing and lake activities in the area.
The local Dairy Queen has an outdoor fire pit – much easier to enjoy one’s Blizzard when one’s toes are warm.
No trip for us is complete without a visit to the local thrift store – concerned about the increasingly cold weather to come, Henry and I each got a cast-off jacket, average cost about $16 each; Raider got a brand-new coat that set us back $47!
Of course, we are still in America, full of the die-hard faithful. This fellow roamed around town periodically, with no one paying the slightest attention.
Instead, folks (mostly old folks) were rocking out to a band (also well-seasoned) that was playing along the harbor.
(This is the end of the season. Younger people, with the exception of the random grandchild, were no doubt in school or at work.)
Another local character built, over a few years, a fabulous work of art promoting world peace, called Harmony on 61 (61 being the highway that runs along the north shore). An agglomeration of driftwood, stone and “found” items, it runs several hundred feet along the highway in front of his home (seen here from the air)……
An astounding and creative installation, with woodland creatures, human relics and stone cairns carefully arranged together.
Most people love it or detest it. We are among the admirers.
One more post is to come from our time in Grand Marais…. aerial shots from flights in the powered parachute.
Emerald Isle to the Norse Lands 
I love Harmony on 61. So much to take in!
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Janet – You could spend hours looking at it….. almost makes me want to do something similar…… Maybe once we settle down and give up on the traveling…..
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“Maybe once we settle down and give up on the traveling…..” Ha! Not holding my breath for that..
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