the second site:
the first day we were there we saw this fire watchtower on top of a really tall hill so we decided to see if it was climbable... these are the stairs leading up to it.... including the stairs in the tower itself there is somewhere over 700 stairs....
the views from the top... that little town is called Elba, MN and has a population of about 200...
the view looking straight down from the top of the tower (looks shorter then it actually is)
looking back up at the tower:
the tower as seen from the ground...
after the tower we spent some time on the ground and came across this nice old military deuce-and-a-half sitting in the weeds:
a campfire i made:
the next day we went hiking in some hills and bluffs.... these are some cool moss covered rocks i found:
this is a farm that from where we were, looked like it was waaaaay on top of a mountain... who the hell would put their farm up there???!!!
the view from one of the best bluffs we climbed:
the bluff from the ground:
throughout the weekend i took lots of photos of the various rivers and streams running around the area.... these were my best ones:
