Hiking the Rivers: Cascade and Temperance

This was our day to explore areas north of Silver Bay, MN, a section of Hwy 61 we didn’t visit during last year’s North Shore vacation.  Along the way we hiked trails near two rivers where the North Country Trail (aka Superior Hiking Trail) was conveniently accessible from the highway.  We stopped at Cascade River on the way to Grand Marais and Temperance River on the way back to Castle Danger.  It was a hot day, so we were glad we travelled north instead of continuing our hiking ventures in Duluth where the afternoon temperatures reached the upper-80s.

(The Cascade River…)

(…and the location of the recorded soil)

(Wow, a shallow soil today!  5-8 cm of A horizon and then the Bw)

(Our turnaround point at Trout Creek)

(Moving on to Temperance River)

(Rock sculptures about a mile upriver…   …creepy and disrespectful of the beautiful surroundings)

(Approximate location of the soil along the Temperance)

(Makes one wonder if the soil type would have been the same if we were standing in the middle of the river)

(On first blush, it seemed we were in Montana)