More Travels in the Two Harbors and Duluth Area!

Today's day trip along the Lake Superior shore to Two Harbors was fun. Like Duluth, Two Harbors grew from the iron mining industry and still has ore docks for loading trainloads of taconite onto cargo ships for delivery to manufacturing centers elsewhere on the Great Lakes.

First stop: The breakwater near the Two Harbors Lighthouse. While I typically advocate visiting local museums, we felt like taking a stroll down the breakwater outside instead.

We did stop at the Depot Museum as well. Again, we chose not to visit in favor of staying outside, but they had another Yellowstone locomotive like the one in the Lake Superior Railroad Museum outside, allowing proper photography of the whole thing unlike at the museum I visited before. This location doesn't allow public access to the cab though. I have another panorama shot attempt and several shots from front and rear angles.

They also had another classic steam locomotive from an earlier era outside as well, with several other early rail vehicles in display with it under another shelter. I also need to point out the fierce-looking bouncer guarding the gift shop door too.

On our drive home, we took the old highway 61 scenic route. There were several places to pull over and take pictures or access the shoreline, and I must recommend the sandwiches at Tom's Logging Camp. The bread was from a local baker, the meat is sliced there to serve, the portions are generous, and the proprietor is quite chatty and personable if you catch him at a quiet time of day for business.

Capping it all off, we headed down to Canal Park in Duluth next to the Aerial Lift Bridge. Shopping, food, beer, recreation, and more museums abound here. Hopefully, tomorrow will include a tour of the SS William A Irvin. If so, more photos will follow.