Hinckley to Sandstone/Munger Trail

Hinckley, I love saying the name of this town...try it "Hinckley" it's fun., right?

Hinckley is a small uninteresting town (to me that means visually uninteresting) However they do have some treasure shops.....before we hit the bike trail  we hit some antique shops, this one doesn't look like much from the outside but it is big inside.

 
This one has a great sign"Crazy Kazan's "
 

The Willard Munger State Trail, begans beautifully in Hinckley and ends in Duluth (110 miles). Right around the first corner is this Dam and bridge (the old railroad bridge pictured below runs right alongside it).

 

 

Milkweed pods not quite open yet...still some summer left.

 

This is Skunk Lake, we stopped for about 20 minutes watching this fawn eat the grass growing in the lake. 

It was a hot hot sticking day, so hot the pine oil in these trees were cooking, giving off the most wonderful pine scent. 

This was a shop in Sandstone( our turn around point). I would have liked to check it out for treasures, if it had been open.

I know you can't tell from this picture but this tree had the biggest acorns I've ever seen. I could not resist picking a bunch to take home. They have since turned brown and are sitting in a bowl in my living room. A reminder of the pleasant day.
 

Along the trail, as we were heading back to Hinckley, the sun shone on  the long grass as the wind blew it making it look like a simmering ocean.

Although at some points along this trail you can hear the freeway, it is not visible and easy to forget, making it quite peaceful and very pleasing to your eyes.