Very Little Daylight
This time of the year always causes confusion in my mind. It is more difficult to get out of bed in the morning and I’m ready to go to bed at 6pm. The lack of daylight hours causes lethargy in …
Feels & Looks Like Winter
The temperature has dropped, the ground is covered in snow and it finally looks like winter outside. Last night the temperature dipped down into a single digit at the end of the Gunflint Trail. I believe that was the first …
We’ll Have a White Christmas!
We’ve got snow!
Snow is Falling
How much will we get? Hopefully enough that it will stick around for a white Christmas. Northern Cook / Northern Lake, Southern Cook / North Shore, Cook County Winter Storm Warning issued December 16 at 3:36AM CST until December 16 …
Snow and Salt
Here’s what the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has to say about the salt we use when it snows. For the sake of our lakes, keep your pavement on a low-salt dietSt. Paul, Minn. – As Minnesota begins to deal with …
Rigged- Jerry, Jury or?
I used the term “Jerry Rigged” the other day when describing my window coverings in our lodge house. Like most carpenter’s homes our part of the lodge is still “unfinished” in the sense of final touches. Our bedroom flooring is …
The Superior Lake
It’s awesome to live so close to Lake Superior. It’s a beautiful, clean lake that looks different on any given day. Sometimes it’s calm, sometimes it’s choppy, some days it looks blue, other days it looks grey, it rarely looks …
Minnesota Christmas Trees and Wreaths
I never realized what a contribution Minnesota makes to help people celebrate the Christmas Holiday. Did you know, “Annually, 500,000 Christmas trees are harvested from private farms in Minnesota, contributing about $30 million to the state’s economy.” The Minnesota DNR …
Conservation Officers Report
If you read my blog on a regular basis then you know I like to read the Weekly Conservation Officer Reports. It’s a slower time of the year for them but they are still quite busy. One thing I learned …
Searching for Serenity
Here’s an excerpt from a travel guide. “Few places in the world offer the brilliance, the majesty and the serenity of the “fill in the blank.” I would insert the words, “Boundary Waters, Quetico Park and/or Gunflint Trail.” It came …