Day: May 18, 2016

A Path through a Gap in the City

Duluth is not big but it has many urban characteristics squeezed into a small package. It has a busy downtown and tourist district. It has hillside neighborhoods with houses squeezed together and hotly contested parking spots. Then, there is the dense concentration of shipping-related industry crowded around the harbor. But Duluth is never far from the wilderness. Even in busy neighborhoods there are stretches of woods that seem 100 miles from any city. The Superior Hiking Trail from Enger…