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Tired. I was washing my face in the shower this morning and inhaled a soap bubble through my nose. That sucked. So I'm not quite done with the photos from the reception trip, but I did post a couple more last night. I was up early this morning working on a DR test from the house. Without fail, when I'm done with the approved procedure and everyone is "ok", I leave the house from work and get about 10 miles down the road when the phone rings with some new, last-minute requirement. Bunk. I need some coffee.





There was a really cool city-sponsored rose garden overlooking the shore of Lake Superior in downtown Duluth. I think I shot about 8 different flavors of roses.





EL took me to a really neat spot overlooking her little home town... Enger Memorial Tower. It was a fab place to view the area from a high vantage. The harbor of Duluth has a vertical lift bridge that cars drive across when in it's normal, lowered position. When a tall ship comes into the harbor, it lifts to allow mast passage. I took this long exposure during a lift cycle at night from the tower. It's my favorite night shot of the trip.





Here's a shot of the lower falls to compliment the upper and middle shots previously posted:





We went for a walk in Chester Bowl Park and EL showed me this moss that grows bright red naturally in the brook due to the extremely high mineral content:




Some kind of little mystery flowers...




Unlike the golden dragon above and from the post a couple days ago, this dude is a red rocket!




and of course... we have to have a creepy crawly for Sam and Sean... hehe... but I'll put it in the "more" section of the post. Other pics on 13th Stone.