Memorial Day weekend 2016 Day 2 Lots of hiking in light rain and fog

Day 2 didn't start off the best.  It rained all night and neither of us slept very well.  It was also raining and cold when we finally got out of the tent at 7:30.

Our view of the lake from our campsite.  This was about as little fog as we ever got

Zach making our coffee next to our car

Breakfast of champions.  In the car while we waited out the rain

First hike of the day was from our campsite up to Carlton Peak.  This is hidden falls on the Baptism River

Belle trying to get a look at what was making all that noise

Great waterfall even in the rain

After a while we hiked past the river and crossed lots of little streams like this on the way to Carlton Peak

Carlton peak

Happy we made it to the base of Carlton peak

Belle at the top of the Tofte overlook

Memorial at Tofte overlook

This should be a lovely view of the lake...but really couldn't see anything.  Also the camera died right after this

We hiked back to the campsite after reaching the top of carlton peak.  After long hot showers at the campground, we headed to Grand Marais to the Dockside Fish Market.  At first we thought we might have to eat on the deck (which has the nice view shown above, but was also 45 degrees), but luckily a spot inside opened up.

Best fish and chips.  We both had whitefish

Fishmarket outside 

Quick stop again at the Java moose to recharge things and grab another maple latte.  These things are sooooo good.  They have real local maple syrup.

Next stop was Grand Portage and the Candian border to hike in Grand Portage State Park

High falls at Pigion River.  This is the highest waterfall in Minnesota, but technically part of it is in Canada

We made the hard hike to the middle falls.  Turns out to get there you have to hike over a small mountain

The lake was visible for just a second

This is what a lot of the trail looked like.  Lots of mud

We finally reached the middle falls after more than an hour of hiking

Middle falls up close

Trail of mud pit?  Either way Belle always was trying to lay down in areas that were more mud than trail

After driving back to Grand Marais in the rain and a long wait we finally had dinner at the Angry Trout.  This is the smoked fish platter for an app

More fish and chips for dinner

View from our table.  Outside would have been great, but again it was 45 degrees

Angry Trout on the way out

We managed to get in a few smores before it started raining again

I make a great fire even in the rain.  After this we dashed in the tent just in time to avoid the next round of rain.  Luckily there was less rain overnight than the night before.