Earth Hour
Today from 8:30-9:30 PM is Earth Hour 2009. Show your support for action against global climate warming by turning off your lights for one hour. Is 7 minutes in the dark long enough? The Bite Only if you’re an …
Year: 2009
Poor Trees
From the MN DNR- check out photos News Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE North Shore ice storm hits Minnesota state parks hard (March 25, 2009) Fallen trees are blocking roads at Tettegouche, Temperance River and George H. Crosby-Manitou state parks. …
By Popular Demand
When you own a resort or outfitting business the numbers of invitations you receive to join someone for dinner, have a drink or go fishing are staggering. A number of our outfitting guests have actually begged Mike to join …
Ice and Electricity
The build up of ice all over finally took it’s toll last night when we lost power around 9:30PM. Luckily I was prepared and knew exactly where my faithful headlamp was. After a few minutes of walking around and …
Ice Day
If April Showers bring May Flowers then I guess March showers bring March ice storms in Northeastern Minnesota. Yesterday it rained almost the entire day equaling about .29" of precipitation. Luckily for us folks on the Gunflint Trail the temperature …
Somewhere The Sun is Shining
Monday Morning and it’s raining outside. I personally would rather see flakes of snow falling than drops of rain but I’m pretty sure I’m in the minority right now. Abby informed me she likes rain and Josh chimed in …
Guess I Was Wrong
It wasn’t the first time I was wrong and it won’t be the last but when I said Mike had went for his last snowmobile ride the other day I was wrong. I also was wrong in thinking he …
Spring Blizzard
Yesterday was the first day of spring but you never would have guessed it. I woke up to a sheet of frost covering my windshield that required major scraping. The sun rose beautifully and obscured my view of the …
The Last Ride
While I was content for the snow to hold up until Saturday, March 14th, Mike would have preferred it to last just a couple of days longer. He was asked to take some writers from the North American Snowsports …
Bye, Bye Winter
Today marks the last day of winter and tomorrow is the first day of Spring. The Spring Equinox is also tomorrow when we’ll experience equal hours of daylight and darkness. From then on it’s more daylight everyday. These longer …