Oh Duluth, beautiful Duluth. I've been thinking over the last few days since I left the western most point of Lake Superior about how fabulous this town is. As friends can attest to, I am normally not one who shies away from boosting its reputation. However, D-town hardly needs me to help it out with the plethora of great resources and mighty fine characteristics it can claim.
Specifically? OK. This picture was taken on the last day of my hike. Starting next to the zoo in West Duluth, it was a 16 mile section that brought Tischer and I out to Jay Cooke State Park. And like the previous 24 miles the day before, nearly all of it was on trail like you see me strolling down here.
Get this; A city of 80,000 plus, has a continuous trail 40 miles long passing through its neighborhoods, along its creeks, by its business districts, and within designated nature areas, college campuses, and city parks-and nearly all of it looks, feels, and smells like what you would imagine your senses picking up on were it you walking through this frame.
We're talking downtown Duluth and it hikes basically just like the northern 205 miles up the shore. This my friends, is pretty phenomenal. Prior to hiking these sections I was nervous it was going to taint my experience of the whole trail because I was focused on the couple miles that actually are pavement.
Well I am happy to report that I was blown away with the route. The planning, access, and maintenance was so impressive. Duluth has a lot of obvious beauty but the Superior Hiking Trail allows you to see the not so obvious.
Speaking of which, we are on the verge of lending our ears to a new Trampled By Turtles album. The name? Duluth.
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