So the weather wasn't the best but there was plenty of color....

Rick and I headed up to the North Shore for our annual fall get-away in hopes of 

some beautiful fall weather and peak-time colors!

lets just say the weather held out for us and the rains came during the night time!

We were able to do everything we wanted, some hiking, some driving 

and just plain gazing at the brilliant colors....

The colors of the North Shore were "muted" this year, but I kind of liked it. 

Cloudy skies with no sun to reflect off the leaves, 

but it was still just a pretty to look at, and we didn't have to squint our eyes  :)

So much rain up on the shore.... the creeks were over-flowing and powerful!

One of our favorite drives, over "Heartbreak Hill" 

in the Saw-tooth mountains, Forest road 166

On Tuesday we had some sun but, also intermittent low clouds/fog throughout the day. 

Here you can see the fog in the background. It was either coming or going, I couldn't keep track.

The scenic lookout over Grand Marais. 

It's break taking!

This yearly trip never gets old, if you've never been up the North Shore of Minnesota, 

it's a trip worth taking.