Five years and six trips without seeing a single moose. Their population is dwindling from what the DNR is saying, but not enough to put them on the endangered list.
We stopped at Judge C.R. Magney State Park a few miles north of Grand Marais, where we camped with the kids during the summer of 2010. We attempted to hike the 2.5 mile round trip path to Devil's Kettle, where the Brule River splits around a volcanic rock dropping 50 feet into a pool, and the other dropping into a 'pothole' that nobody knows where it leads to. There were a few other tracks in the snow besides our own. We spotted where a rabbit was slowly hopping and then took off as if it had been spotted by prey. We didn't see much for wildlife on our walk but it was very peaceful. We hiked uphill for most of the mile and stopped to overlook the river below whenever we'd hear water raging under the ice. After descending roughly 60 of the 179 stairs, we decided to turn back. My leg was bothering me and we worried that I might not be able to climb the stairs. Although we didn't make our destination, we had seen it before, and knew we'd see it again.After a bite of pizza at Sven & Ole's we headed up the Gunflint Trail. We were given a few routes which during the summer months can lead to spotting moose but chose not to go those routes since they would take 2-4 hours and my leg wouldn't have tolerated that length of time sitting in the vehicle.
No luck - but we will continue to hunt. Maybe a summer boundary water expedition is in order. Or, a trip back to Hollow Rock with the family this summer for a long weekend.
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