Duluth

Take the inexpensive Vista fleet that cruises along the Duluth superior harbors and Lake superior. It’s a one and a half hour of refreshing ride!

I’m going there with our family friends. I’m not that excited about this place, going mainly because it’s a close destination from my place and thought it’s good to check out how the largest fresh water lake in the world looks like :-)

My dad lives here. The last time I saw him was at Christmas of 2004. Duluth is more than just a pretty town on Lake Superior. In a lot of ways, it feels like a home. Friendly people, peaceful setting, splendid scenery.

was in January 2008. I interviewed for an internship at the University. Due to other obligations and limited flight options in and out, I stayed a couple of nights and was able to do a little sight seeing in spite of the minus 17 degrees (F) temperatures! I was told that it had been a mild winter, only 40 inches of snow by that time.

I stayed in the Radisson (Top of the Harbor restaurant and all) and walked (indoors) through the skywalk, which connects the hotel to other parts of the Duluth downtown. Clever people! Staying indoors and still getting out and around.

I will upload a picture I took from one part of the skywalk that goes over a street.

Also recommend Tuerkes German shop – chocolates, Christmas decorations, coffee!

Enjoyed the campus and noticed that most of the buildings on the campus are also connected, out of the cold, through underground hallways.

Brrr…

so get this you have a million dollars to spend choose an option:

option A: buy a house on lake superior, have a house with lots of windows, own a boat and a couple canoes and kayaks. no the lake is frozen 9 months of the year the other 3 are windy cold and possibly rainy about 15 days of the 3 months. all the roads are covered in snow 9 months of the year, the downtown is pitiful, the road around the lakes speed limit is 30 and one lane.

Option B: by house on the beach in california, have smaller windows, smaller house but able to use the beach to your pleasure 365 days of the year have beach parties tell your friends who live in duluth you live like a celeb, the road by the ocean is 55, 10 lanes and downtown is spectacular, warm all the time

I’ve lived in Minnesota for the most of my life and have never been to Duluth! My first trip was a lot of just walking around town, but was good.
Jogging along Superior in the morning equals awesome.

I go to UMD, so I’m up in Duluth for most of the year. It’s got beautiful scenery, but it’s freezing cold in the winter. There was a huge crocheting trend last year and no wonder. It’s COLD! Also, for the gays, Duluth has a great GLBT community – we’re not as big as the GLBT community in Minneapolis I’m sure, but we’re here. ;P Anyway, let’s see… stuff to do, I would recommend going to Canal Park if you’re a visitor. That’s what most people do I think. Go for a walk near the shore, for sure. We also have sports such as hockey and… hockey. Okay there’s other things too, but we really like our hockey.

One of things I miss most about living in the Cities was having Duluth just a little hop up 35W. I’ve honestly taken a trip up there just to be near the “natural air condidtioning” of Lake Superior during a bad heat wave. But the city is just beautiful, especially near the Harbor (of course), and the boardwalk along the shore. I could sit for hours watching the ore barges coming & going. Superior Street is really hip, with Pizza Luce, Electric Fetus, the Nor Shor theatre and lots of other shops & nightclubs.

I ran the William Irvin 5k here two years in a row. The city is beautiful, especially running along the water. There’s a nice free maritime museum along the water as well.

An old lame joke about the ariel lift bridge.

I don’t really truly have a hometown, but if is any place I would consider my hometown it would be Duluth Minnesota. I spent a few years in highscool here, moved a couple times, and came back for college. It truly is a cool town.