Washington to Minnesota 2011:
Flora and fauna

Sandhill cranes
Birdwatching at Hawk’s ridge, outside Duluth
“Pick your own” strawberries and raspberries? In the middle of October in Minnesota?
Sure enough, a local farm specializes in late-season crops. When we arrived, they were loading a huge pumpkin into a pickup truck, using a bobcat.
Terry shows off a bucket of huge, sweet strawberries, grown in easy-to-pick stacked containers.
Birdwatching at Crex Meadows
Muskrat
Flowers and Fall Color
Farm Fun
Next:
Critters
The tamarack bog on Scott and Terry’s property ... bright yellow deciduous conifers