Saturday, 27th August
I woke up at 5am today. I first had to walk to the light rail station, which was a 30min walk through a dodgy area. Walking through this area with all of my bags at 5am in the morning, I got a lot of strange looks. I then had to take a train to the airport. I got there very early, which was good because it took me a long time to find the place where the bus to Duluth leaves from. There were four of us on the shuttle bus to Duluth.
I arrived at 9.50am and I met Megan. She was going to Gooseberry Falls, where I had actually been last year, with a few friends and she invited me to come along. It's a really nice place. While driving though, we missed the turning and went about double the distance we should have. I think it's because everyone in the car was so polite (as most of us noticed signs for the place) and I thought of Tim's story about Korean Airline staff being so polite that the co-pilot often doesn't correct the pilot (even if he is flying into a mountain).
The Falls are very nice. There is an unusual rock formation and some nice waterfalls. There are lots of hiking trails along the way. We had a nice lunch (peanut butter and jelly sandwiches) on a little cliff side. On the way back we went to Betty's Pie. I had the Great Lakes crunch (which is all the berries you can think of).
When we got back to Megan's place, I went to Mass at the church of the parish where Megan works. Afterwards Megan made us a nice dinner and we chatted for a while and played cards. I also met her nextdoor neighbour, a priest from Mayo. He has been in Minnesota since 1959. I chatted to him for a little bit but when I looked down at my leg, I noticed about 30 mosquitos biting me so we had to cut the conversation short.
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