Hello from Gooseberry Falls State Park on Minnesota's north shore
Just got here to gooseberry falls and we were gonna hopefully try and
Get our kayaks out here and do some kayaking here in the bay because it's such a pretty area
But it's real. It's a rough morning very windy and chilly
That's not happening. So I guess we're going to be spending our day here gooseberry hiking, which is totally fine
we had it on our list to do some hiking today because
We are going to go hike to fifth falls and then the gitchi gummi trail along
the other side of the falls area here we're going to be hiking so
Of course if you've been to the north shore, you've probably been to gooseberry state park
It's like the first day park here on the map and the falls area is
Extremely popular, but we're going to do a little bit more exploring today in the park since we haven't done that much exploring here
So we're excited to do some hiking and enjoy the day. Let's get started
Yeah, that's not kayaking weather right there
We have been so lucky to get some amazing kayaking on the period of summer
And unfortunately, I have a feeling that's probably it for the year. The last two kayaking trips we did because
It's fall. Now it's the gale wind is coming in. Yeah, they say there's gale winds coming in
tonight so
We've seen it work. This is nothing compared to what we've seen
Like superior she can be a mad lady
See all those cliffs over there
That's where we were gonna go kayaking but you can launch right down here on the beach here at gooseberry so pretty
Wow
Got the sunrise this morning
So we just got to the visitor center here and this is kind of the area where you start to go to the falls
And then we're gonna hike from here. There's a map of the state park here
So right here is like the visitor center area and then we'll walk down
this is like the main falls and we are gonna take a hike up to
fifth falls so from here, we're gonna hike
Go up to the upper falls and then cut over and then go along the river here and go up to fifth falls
And then come back down and then loop back over here to the gitchi gummi trail and go out this way
So we've never hiked this trail and we've never hiked to the fifth falls area. So
That's what we'll be doing today
And just a heads up from the earlier footage. I was showing you we were down here by agate beach
This is where we were uh by the water there. We were hoping to kayak but that didn't happen. So
That's our plans today. So awesome thing about this
Trail here from the visitor center to the main falls area
It's all nicely tarred pass no splits here and you can go to the lower falls or the upper fall
So we're gonna have to lower first and make our way up now
There are some stairs here to get down to like the lower falls area. However, it is very much handicap accessible
They do have other tar trails that you can't use. Um, so if stairs aren't your thing?
There are those options here. That's nice and just like that. We're right to the falls already
quick little hike here
So from that waterfall you can just keep hiking all the way down the rocky area
There's a bridge and trails and whatnot so now we're at the very top of
gooseberry falls
All right, so we're just leaving all the waterfall areas here and we are starting the fifth falls hike now
so basically those waterfalls you just saw those are the only waterfalls we ever came to
gooseberry for to see so
Pretty pretty easy to get to them. They're like right by the visit around the center. So
They're beautiful. Definitely a great staff here along minnesota's north shore, but i'm really excited to see fifth ball. So
Let's get this hike started
So we are
Right here and we're gonna hike this way up and back down
The trail just goes like right around along the river right here
It's really pretty
And it's a beautiful day for a hike it's supposed to be rain later today
so i'm like get all the hiking fun stuff done before the rain hits, so
Yeah, so far so good
So it's september 6 and the colors are
Just a itty bit starting it's pretty green still but
We were in ely yesterday. We spent the night in ely
And up there too. They're starting. They're a little further along it would say newly but it's it's still really green
But yeah
It's like that time of year
It's chilly
And i'm loving my sweatshirt weather. It's like perfect hiking weather too. Nice cool crisp up north air
Can't go wrong with that
but if you're interested from our
vlogs from italy
We went to a bear head lake state park and then we went and hiked to the secret blackstone lake hike
And then we just did some more littler hikes there in ely and saw the most beautiful waterfall in my opinion in
Minnesota, it was amazing. It was in elise. So go check it out because it's a raging beauty. Oh, it's so pretty
So yeah, it was we had a lot of fun in italy but now to the north shore
A little view of the river pretty oh check it out guys
Ope, we got some color and another thing you're not minnesotan unless you say the word
Ope, so whoever's following this vlog and you're not from minnesota. Ope, that's that's a common word here in minnesota. So
Some word for you. Yeah, you say it too
He always makes fun of me with my accent, but I don't know guys. I think he's just as bad
What is this
This is cool
What are you doing here?
It's the trail shelter, it's cool in here. Oh wow
Nice
Very cool
We are at the top of the fall the fall is right there so we just got to keep hiking around and down
There it is, and there's more in front of us
There's like caves in this rock over here, it's cool
View of the falls from below
We just made it back here now
so
Now we're gonna head on this trail and go out to this viewpoint
There's a sign here you go. Get your me and the falls trail. I think we're gonna actually go to the falls trail here
We're gonna check out the falls really quick
It was really cool
Again, i've never been on like this side of the waterfall. So
Cool. Let's see if i'm up above
But now back to the gitchi gummi trail
That was just a little pit stop. It was worth it
Getting like aerial views of lake superior
on this trail
It's kind of a steep climb and before you know it you're up above
and
There's like superior
It's really clear
Let's see. Wisconsin
Cool, there's a ship way out there in Wisconsin
Yeah, he's in wisconsin borders probably
He's just hanging I don't know if he's sitting or if he's moving or what
But there he is aerial views from gooseberry state park
We're getting closer
Oh, wow, this is way cool, I guess I never expected this trail to be like
Entire like up above overlooks of like the river and everything
wow, ah
All right, so we're getting to like the first shelter like area of this trail
Ah, there we go. We got some beach views
So this is the beach we were down here, um this morning filming all down here. So here's the views from above cool
Wow, that's pretty look at the waves crashing in there on the beach
Oh, we got some cliff views over here
Wow
Very cool
Awesome, you guys we made it to the main like lookout area here of gichigumi
This is so cool
Like I never expected this trail to be like these
Overlooked like this. This is really pretty
You think gooseberry? I think just the waterfalls. Yeah, you know, there's so much more here than just those waterfalls. So definitely definitely something
To do while you're here. Wow, this is so cool
I'm, so glad we did this hike so now we're gonna make the loop back and we are hungry it is time to eat
So we're hoping that the restaurant we want to go to is has availability when we get there
So yeah, we're super hungry highlight of the day. Yeah
Food for him all the time
Awesome. Oh, I love it. This is beautiful. Very cool very cool spot to come to so
Put it on your list the next time you're at gooseberry footballs and the gichigumi trail fyi we're still in the loop coming back
When you get to those viewpoints just go back to where you came from. Go back to where you came
all this part is
Is literally down?
back
down
Back up. The other area was nice and flat
much easier hiking
and yeah, we saw a snake on this this part so
When you get to the viewpoints
Just go right back the way you came from
Don't keep going just a recommendation. So before we leave at gooseberry, we decided to come back down here to the beach again
It's the waves are actually calmer. It's still we wouldn't kayak here, but they're calmer than this morning when we were down here vlogging so
Yeah
We brought some snacks here
And
some drinks, so we're gonna sit here and have a little snack a little drink and then
Head to lunch voyager brewing company rural river blonde ale nice. Do you like it? It's good cool light. It's light
nice
That gitchi gummi trail the hike that we're just on that goes right here so you can actually see
The platform like right there. There's people on it pretty cool
That's where we just were now we're down here passport stamp here for minnesota state parks
passport program
There you go. Awesome. Thank you
That was awesome. There's a lady here that stamped it for us. She works here at the office. So that turned out good
Just got to downtown duluth and where we wanted to go
Is full and there's a long long long long that line sir benedict's so instead
We're going to go to Fitgers so it's going to be good. No matter what. We've never been to Fitgers so
We're excited to try it. It'll be good
Doing this guy
And this one, oh boy
What'd you get hon? Peanut butter? Peanut butter porter. Does it taste like peanut butter?
Peanut butter coffee
Nice I do
Try the peanut butter. Some people do some people don't want to figure it out. It smells kind of good. We'll try it
I hate beer, by the way
That's not bad i'll drink it though that's pretty good
Got the wild state pear cider. Cheers
That's good, oh my god, that looks amazing
Yes
You guys that was amazing definitely recommend Fitgers. We finally made it
i'm
Pretty sure we've been trying to go there for like what a long time like three or four years and we've never been there
Let's go to Fitgers, whatever. We just never go. I know we just never make it so
I finally did it and we'll definitely be back. That was amazing
All right you guys and that is a wrap with our vlog here at gooseberry fall state park
It was an awesome awesome day here
but if you guys have any questions about anything
Of course comment below I am happy to help and if you are interested in any of our other ealy vlogs from yesterday
Definitely go check those out. Those are awesome looking for some hiking. There's lots of hiking to do there as well
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We will see you guys in the next vlog. Bye guys