Temperance River State Park to Grand Marais, MN

This was a nice short day, only 38 miles to Tom's friend's,Terry and Janet, house just north of Grand Marais, MN.   We broke camp and then hiked up to the Temperance River Falls.  Down at the mouth of the river a guy was fishing, catching salmon where they waited in a pool before continuing their upstream travels.  We rode part of the Gitchi-Gami trail where it parelleled the highway.  Once back on the highway the shoulder does get narrow but the traffic wasn't bad so it wasn't a big issue.  Wait until Canada when there's no shoulder.  Once in Grand Marais we stopped for lunch at the Angry Trout.  Terry and Janet joined us.  Tom felt something unusual with his chain and so we stopped by the Superior North Bike shop to have it checked out.  Sure enough one link was coming apart.  Good thing he had his spare chain.  The guy put it on for free.  Tom left him a nice tip.  Next stop was the grocery store to get more raisins, nuts and M&Ms for the GORP mix.  A few miles up the road we made it to Terry's house, right on the lake.  It was wonderful to sit back and relax, get the laundry done, a nice hot tub, a wonderful home cooked dinner complete with homemade wild blueberry pie and wonderful hosts.  Thanks so much Terry and Janet.  This was our last stay in the USA.  Look out Canada, here we come!