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5:05 AM.  The sun was 10 minutes from rising and everyone was comfortably inside his sleeping bag.  5:13 AM, all six of us had sprinted out of our tents over 300 yards to sit and watch the sun rise over Lake Superior.  Below is the beautiful beginning to a great day:

The sun rising over Lake Superior

Surprisingly, the quick beginning to our day gave us more energy and loosened the stiff muscles from yesterday’s strenuous 12 mile hike.  Soon we crossed Hwy 1 and had entered Tettegouche State Park.  It wasn’t long before we reached the Baptism River.  Dropping our packs we headed down to Two Falls. 

Two Falls

High Falls

Knowing High Falls only was only just up the river, we walked along the bank until we stood in awe of the highest waterfall in all of Minnesota.  As we reached the falls, we saw three adventurous folks jumping off the side of falls into the river.  Not to be outdone, four of us scaled the rock to have a test jump for ourselves.  I present to you our proof:

Kristin’s Cliff Jump

My Cliff Jump

Shovel Point

Refreshed from the coolness of the water, the hike out passed quickly.  Still wanting to see more we drove down to the park’s east boundary to hike Shovel Point.  Along the way, the air temperature dropped and the winds picked up courtesy of Lake Superior.  Nevertheless, the views from the cliffs were amazing:

It’s not a trip without at least one of these

It is impossible to capture everything that happened over the three days, but hopefully the following slideshow (from Picasa Web Albums) will help fill in the cracks.