It’s Not Out Yet
But it will be soon. All day Saturday the wind pushed the ice all over the lakes breaking the large masses into smaller pieces. Many of the smaller lakes on the Gunflint Trail are now ice free and Saganaga …
Happy Easter
Wishing you a wonderful day. And then this evening look to the sky for a special treat. SUNSET PLANETS: This is for everyone. Venus and Mercury are having a close encounter on April 3rd and 4th. Look west at …
Fooling Around
On April Fool’s Day the Ely Chamber made this announcement. ELY, MINNESOTA – April 1, 2010 – Ely, Minn announces today it has, in conjunction with the Forest Service, signed a multi-year deal for naming rights to the legendary Boundary …
You Never Get Over Your First Love
They say you can’t really love two men at the same time but I don’t agree. I love another man and Mike is ok with it because it happened before I even met Mike. Mike knows the full story …
Holy Snow Batman
This morning I woke up to 5-10 inches of new snow on the ground. Of course I had already put my shovel away for the year and my scraper for the car so getting the kids out to the …
Runaround Sue
It’s been another one of those mornings where I can’t seem to get focused. I’ll blame it on the cycle of the moon since I can’t come up with any other reason for my lack of focus. It started just …
Like I Said
In my post called Weather Woes I expressed my concern over the current fire conditions. WTIP, our local radio station, gave this report yesterday. Submitted by wtip on Mon, 03/29/2010 – 1:47pm The Minnesota Department of Natural …
Is The Ice Out Yet?
Thanks to the warm weather we’re already getting phone calls from people asking this popular spring question. I’m not exactly sure why people are so curious to know since it isn’t as if they are going to come up any time soon …
Weather Woes
If it isn’t the snow it’s the lack of it or the heat or the cold or any number of ways we as Minnesotans talk and whine about the weather. I love warm sunny days and clear …
A Northwood’s Boquet
There is a special beauty in the brown of spring on the Gunflint Trail. It isn’t even difficult to see as long as you are taking the time to look. It surrounds us as we walk through the woods …