Our rally campsite was a marina on the shore of Duluth harbor. The rally was attended by 39 Roadtreks, and their occupants. In my opinion, this photo is an interesting juxtaposition of "recreational vehicles", some of which travel on water and some on land. 








The rally site afforded magnificent views of the Duluth skyline and of large lake freighters coming in, and leaving, the Duluth harbor. On the right is the aerial lift bridge that the ships pass underneath to reach Lake Superior.








Our rally headquarters was this tent with a great view of the harbor.









Time to visit with old friends and catch up on what is happening in their lives (photo by Al Rollins).








The potluck dinner the first night was a great success. There are some good cooks in this group!







The evening campfire was also a great time for visiting and seeing the lights of the city.








A great night-time shot of the aerial lift bridge, a Duluth landmark (photo by Al Rollins).







On Monday we had a boat tour of the harbor. The weather was good and the scenery offered a lot of good photo ops.







Out tour boat passed under the aerial lift bridge as we headed out into Lake Superior. The bridge was originally built over a  hundred years ago (photo by Al Rollins).









Grace Chura, of of our rallymasters narrated a bus tour of Duluth on Tuesday. She clearly had done her homework well. (Photo by Al Rollins.)







One of the stops on the bus tour was Enger tower, from which we had a bird's eye view of the harbot. The narrow strip of land separating the harbor from Lake Superior is called Park Point (or Minnesota Point). Our rally site is on that strip of land to the right of the lift bridge. From here, the line of Roadtreks looks like a thin necklace of pearls.







Couldn't find the Roadtreks in that last photo? Maybe this close-up view will help.







Another stop was Hawk Ridge, which is a spot for observing hawks migrating to Central America.  A volunteer with the Bird observatory, told us why the hawks pass by Duluth on their way south, and about the hawk banding program. This hawk is about 3 months old, and is making the trip for the first time.








She showed us the band, which is placed just above its foot. If the hawk is captured again, the band gives a phone number to call and report the hawk's capture.








The hawk was to be released and allowed to continue its migration south. Gordon Guntner was the lucky Roadtrekker chosen to hold and release the hawk.



















Gordon gave the hawk a toss skyward and it took off  for points south.







This volunteer had a running count of the hawks seen from Hawk Ridge. As if 11:00 AM they had seen 262 hawks; the day before they had seen a total of 5094 hawks.







A lunch stop at the revolving restaurant atop the Raddison Inn afforded another view of the Duluth harbor.








We also had a tour of the Glensheen mansion, which was built in 1908, and was the home of Chester Congdon. We learned that it was the site of a fascinating murder case; Congdon's youngest daughter, Elisabeth, and her nurse, Velma Pietila, were murdered here in 1977.






On Wednesday night we had an after-dinner speaker, John DeSanto, who was the prosecuting attorney in the Glensheen murder case. It was a cold and windy night under the tent, but DeSanto's talk was fascinating and we stayed to the end, despite the weather. If you want to know more about the murder case, read his book, "Will to Murder".