Today I headed up the Echo Trail to a hiking trail in the Superior Forest called the Bass Lake Trail. On the way I drove by Shagawa Lake and couldn’t help but stop (on the road) to open my car window and make a couple of photographs of the clouds Read more…
Yesterday I returned to Ely just in time for a spring snowstorm. Last night the ice and snow arrived. It doesn’t look like it will be melting off very quickly. The first day this week that temperatures are predicted to top the freezing mark is Friday. Most of the morning Read more…
Yesterday, was the BEST DAY! Sam, the son of the couple I am house-sitting for, returned to Ely last week. Late yesterday afternoon he offered to take me for a paddle in the canoe up the Burntside River. I happily took him up on his offer since he starts back Read more…
The air is clean and bright in the north woods. And the only sounds I hear are the wind blowing through the tall pine trees, the raven’s hoarse “Caw,” streams of water burbling over rocks, and the sound of my boots on the trail. Breathing Room Sometimes it seems that Read more…
After a several day respite at home in Minneapolis I’m back up in the north woods near Ely, MN. It was good to be home with my sweet and ever lovin’ Jon and cat Gracie. I miss them when I’m up north. I also got to spend time with the Read more…