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  "title": "North Shore MEA 2020 on Jamie Thingelstad",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/17/october-in-cross.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>October in Cross Lake, MN. Bikes collecting snow. ❄️</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/56733db149.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"Snow-covered Honda Pilot SUV with Diamondback and Liv bikes on a hitch rack, parked near a Pine Ridge Plaza sign in a snowy Minnesota landscape.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-17T08:21:06-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/17/october-in-cross.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","Weather","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/16/lake-superior-selfie.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior\">Lake Superior</a> selfie. 😊</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/6d650b5c7b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Smiling man in a gray beanie and orange plaid shirt takes a selfie by calm Lake Superior with a rocky island in the background.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T23:50:17-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/16/lake-superior-selfie.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/16/first-time-visiting.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>First time visiting <a href=\"https://superiorhiking.com/black-beach/\">Black Beach</a> today, just outside of Silver Bay.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/dd3e8ff156.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Dark sand beach curving toward a rocky island topped with bare trees on Lake Superior, with visitors walking the shoreline.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T23:49:09-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/16/first-time-visiting.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/16/technically-we-did.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Technically we did hike some of the <a href=\"https://superiorhiking.org\">Superior Hiking Trail</a> today. 🥾🗺</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/a0fa23bd03.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Family of four smiling together on a wooded trail in autumn, dressed in hats and jackets for cool weather.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T23:44:15-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/16/technically-we-did.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/16/we-had-a.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>We had a great hike up the Temperance River Falls today.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/ed7f404b1d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Temperance River rushing through a narrow rocky gorge with a red footbridge overhead and visitors looking down from it\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/522c31b31c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Temperance River rushing over dark basalt ledges in a wide golden-brown waterfall, surrounded by boreal forest, two visitors stand on the rocky bank\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/16dadf3de1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Rocky Temperance River rushing through a forested gorge with whitewater rapids, surrounded by autumn trees under a blue sky.\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T23:42:06-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/16/we-had-a.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/16/upper-falls-of.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Upper Falls of the <a href=\"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00268#homepage\">Temperance River</a>.</p>\n<p><video controls=\"controls\" playsinline=\"playsinline\" src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/429f8c3fad.mov\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" poster=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/uploads/2020/eb4e29b4bd.png\" preload=\"none\"></video></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T23:06:13-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/16/upper-falls-of.html",
        "tags": ["Videos","Travel","Outdoors","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/16/looking-at-a.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Looking at a Winter Snowstorm warning with 3-5 inches of snow we decided to end our MEA weekend early. We detoured back to Cross Lake and are going to dry camp in the parking lot and head home tomorrow. Also, the <a href=\"https://weekly.thingelstad.com\">Weekly Thing</a> will be delayed a day! ❄️</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T22:54:26-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/16/looking-at-a.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Weekly Thing","Outdoors","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/16/getting-worlds-best.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Getting <a href=\"http://www.worldsbestdonutsmn.com\">World&rsquo;s Best Donuts</a> in Grand Marais. They close for the winter tomorrow! 🍩☕️❄️</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/700e247ec2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"World's Best Donuts shop in Grand Marais with open sign, a memorial bench in foreground, customers waiting outside red building.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T11:00:22-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/16/getting-worlds-best.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Restaurants","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/15/there-is-an.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>There is an official station to take a selfie with <a href=\"https://www.mnhs.org/splitrock\">Split Rock Lighthouse</a>, so we had to stop and take one! Look close on right side of photo for lighthouse. #MNStateParkLife</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/dbbd2a31c4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" alt=\"Family of four smiling at a scenic overlook with Split Rock Lighthouse visible on a cliff above Lake Superior in the background\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/61d163380d.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Selfie Station sign with hashtag MNStateParkLife on a stone overlook, evergreen trees, and Split Rock Lighthouse visible in the distance.\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-15T21:04:21-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/15/there-is-an.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/15/gooseberry-falls-was.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00172\">Gooseberry Falls</a> was great today. Great sights. Lots of fun hopping around rocks. Even with cold weather still a lot of fun.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/f68bedb2ad.jpg\" alt=\"Gooseberry Falls cascading in wide tiers over dark basalt ledges into a rocky pool, with pine trees and red cliffs under a blue sky\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/07910080bc.jpg\" alt=\"Gooseberry Falls cascading in wide tiers over dark basalt rock ledges, framed by pine trees and red cliffs under a blue sky\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/30dee5220e.jpg\" alt=\"Couple in winter hats taking a selfie at Gooseberry Falls with cascading waterfalls and rocky cliffs behind them\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/93c68aa4b7.jpg\" alt=\"Birch trees frame a winding river estuary opening into Lake Superior under a blue sky in late autumn\">\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-15T20:59:39-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/15/gooseberry-falls-was.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/15/mandatory-stop-at.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Mandatory stop at <a href=\"https://bettyspies.com\">Betty’s Pies</a> outside of Two Harbors. We got Blueberry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Toffee, and Butterfinger slices to have after dinner. Good pie, but they are struggling with their process. Took over 30 mins to get our order.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/5f64e2f9bd.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Two kids wearing face masks pose outside Bettys Pies restaurant in Two Harbors Minnesota on a sunny fall day\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/a946f625f7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Winnebago Sprinter RV parked outside Betty's Pies World Famous restaurant in Two Harbors Minnesota on a sunny fall day\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-15T20:51:47-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/15/mandatory-stop-at.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Restaurants","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/15/always-stop-at.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Always stop at <a href=\"https://www.greatlakescandy.com/#/\">Great! Lakes Candy Kitchen</a> on the North Shore. Business still thriving and adapted to pandemic. Delicious chocolate. Yum.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/3db3d3da6c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Great Lakes Candy Kitchen storefront with red and white trim, Open sign, handmade chocolates and candies, parking signs, fall foliage\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/21608dd287.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Directional sign post outside Great Lakes Candy Kitchen in Knife River MN showing distances to towns along the North Shore\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-15T19:47:16-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/15/always-stop-at.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Restaurants","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/15/lunch-at-new.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Lunch at <a href=\"https://newsceniccafe.com\">New Scenic Cafe</a> is a must do for us when we visit the North Shore. They have an outside operation during the pandemic and many spots with fires going to keep you warm.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/5e0626175e.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" alt=\"Shiny Airstream trailer converted into an outdoor food stand with a blue striped awning, a menu board, and a person ordering at the counter.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-15T19:44:56-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/15/lunch-at-new.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Restaurants","North Shore MEA 2020"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2020/10/15/dinner-in-grand.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Dinner in Grand Marais at <a href=\"http://www.voyageurbrewing.com\">Voyageur Brewing Company</a>. Drinking limited release <strong>Devil’s Kettle Dry Hopped with Galaxy Hops</strong>, in the room it was brewed. 🍺</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/618b47c5f6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Hazy golden IPA in a pint glass on a wood table inside a brewery with large stainless steel fermentation tanks behind it.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-15T19:21:59-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/10/15/dinner-in-grand.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Drinks","North Shore MEA 2020"]
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