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Funny Things From Our Trip

Many things about our Gunflint Trail trip were rather strange. One was a sign I saw while driving. It said, "Stop here for gas, food, clean toilets!" Now I can understand stopping for gas and food, but why would I stop to clean toilets?


In another case, a sign said, "drinking water toilet." Personally, I would rather not get my drinking water from a toilet!


Finally, take a look at the "moose viewing platform," that was at the "moose viewing area." I would like to make it clear, that though we hiked out to this platform, there were not any moose on it! I think that this is false advertising! We saw our two moose on the way back from the moose viewing area.

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