Duluth

The James Barker, a thousand foot lake boat, was due in Duluth early this afternoon. Patrick and I went up to watch it come in through the shipping canal.

The day began sunny and then became partly cloudy as we got close to Duluth. The trees around the Twin Cities are leafing out. When we got about seventy miles north, there were buds but no leaves.

It's a drive I always like, even when we take the Interstate, as we did today. The highway comes over a hill, and all at once you can see lake Superi