Young child to mother while entering Gooseberry Falls National Park: Ooh! I smell the gooseberries!
Mother: No, honey.  You’re just smelling nature.

Gooseberry Falls National Park, Two Harbors
Overheard by I thought they were *part* of nature…

Tourist: What time do they shut off the falls?

Gooseberry Falls
Overheard by Really?

Wife (accusingly): What? Why are you in a good mood all of a sudden?
Husband (defensively): I’m not!

Sugarloaf, North Shore
Overheard by Cheerful and proud.

Woman stopping to light a cigarette while admiring the falls: You guys, it looks like one of those moving pictures you can get at, like, those mall kiosks.
Rest of group, also lighting their cigs, in unison: Yeeaaaaah!

Gooseberry Falls State Park
Overheard by Ahhhh, nature.