Grand Marais.  It is a quiet tourist town in the far north Minnesota way.  A peaceful lakefront walking path along a harbor dotted with sailboats and pleasure craft, art shops, and lots of restaurants offering locally caught fish.  It is nestled between Lake Superior and the vast SuperiorNational Forest so hiking, canoeing and lake boating are THE recreation.  Not a bad place for a quiet week or two.  Not this time through though.  We are off to Boundary Waters.