It's about time to finish up this section of the blog. We spent two nights in the Apostles, at Stockton and the second night at Sand Island on the west edge of the islands. Sand Island has a unique light hous and the sea caves. We also visited the sea caves on Devil's Island, but viewed them just from the mother ship. There really was no good spot to anchor. The dock at Devil's Island was destroyed a year ago. The sea caves developed from erosion of sandstone, deposited from north flowing rivers originating in southern Minnesota. The striations and colors are beautiful. We anchored in a bay on the east side of Sand Island, right by the sea caves, and kayaked through them, then took the dinghy to the north end of the island to tour the light house. The next morning we broke camp and headed for Duluth where we met Barry, Bethanie and the boys at the Duluth entrance. I pulled over to the side wall just pst the lift bridge and they jumped the fence to climb on board and went up the St. Louis River to Spirit Lake Marina, at the base of Spirit Mountain, where we are keeping the boat until September. At that time I will pick up the blog again as we tour the north side of Superior, and begin our trip south.
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| Duluth lift bridge, a welcome sight |
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| lighthous on Sand Island |
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| Daybreak, Sand Island |
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| sunset on the sea caves, Sand Island |
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| Touring the lighthouse |
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| Sandstone strata |
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| Sand Island Lighthouse, made from sandstone quarried on site |
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| Paddling the caves |
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| Devil's Island caves |
