my travels in pixels

We arrived just after 10am on a weekday during school holidays and the carpark was already half full and by the time we came out it was overflowing up the road. We spent two hours there walking the circuit, taking photos and ate lunch in the picnic area. It started off cool walking through the rainforest and the tracks started to get a bit muddy the closer you get to the bottom of the waterfall. Someone said they saw koalas in the trees down there but we couldn't find them.  After taking a detour to the main water pool, we went back to the main track so that we did the circuit anti clockwise, it means that you don't have to come up the steps. By the time you get back to the carpark though you will be quite hot, even on a cold day as it's uphill all the way!  Couldn't believe the people walking in thongs, white sneakers and one woman had on ballet shoes (flats) - you will need hiking boots that you don't mind getting mud on ...

Minnesota's North Shore Minnesota’s North Shore, which runs along the northern banks of Lake Superior has more than it’s fair share of waterfalls, I think the state has about 200 of them. Upper Falls - Gooseberry Falls State Park The campgrounds in the State Parks here during the weekends are booked out months ahead as there aren’t many sites and unlike us, most people know when they want to go there. We had to book two different sites at Gooseberry State Park and the first one which we were supposed to be in for two nights was impossible to get into. The website had said it was alright for a 35’ fifth wheel, but the office had it down as only an RV site. When you are backing into a site, we are a lot longer than 35’ as our overall length is 52’, and even though Lindsay is a master backer, he just couldn’t get around a tree on the road in and the site number post at the edge of the driveway. Where would we go if they had no sites? We went back to the office and luckily...