Trip to Duluth 2012

The 1,000 foot American Century

The 1,004 foot Mesabi Miner

Recently my family took a trip up to Duluth Minnesota. We were there because it was my Elementary school graduation present from my mom and dad. We were going to go up there during the summer, but suddenly a huge flood came through Duluth so we had to postpone our trip. Duluth got about 11 inches of rain so a lot of the little streams that went into Lake Superior became raging rivers, towns were devastated, and many of the beautiful state parks had to close because of devastation from the flooding.

Even though our trip was delayed a little bit we still had a really fun time together. We went up to Duluth for 2 days and one night. Even though we were only up there for two days we were able to see and do a lot. Remember that in two days you can get a lot of stuff done in Duluth Minnesota. Our hotel was less then 20 feet away from the canal, which leads into the harbor and further out is the biggest fresh water lake, Lake Superior. Some of the highlights for me were that in the middle of the night when I woke up I could hear cars going across the Duluth Aerial Bridge, which was cool. One other highlight for me would be getting to see two freighters come into the Duluth Harbor. One of them I got to see come in then I got to see it go out the next day. The two boats that I saw were the American Century and the Mesabi Miner. These two boats were both over 1,000 feet long. It was a really cool sight to see these two magnificent ships come into the Duluth harbor. You are probably wondering why am I writing just about the experience and not the food. That is because I am going to write another post about the food I ate in Duluth. So I recommended that if you want to read about the food I ate in Duluth you should read this post for Food I ate in Duluth.