Month: February 2015
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It’s Not Too Late for the Party: Day-Tripping to the Apostle Islands Ice Caves
Originally posted on Travel. Garden. Eat.: Getting up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning just about killed this night owl, but I was determined to view the ice caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore before it was too late. Lake Superior is a moody, unpredictable body of water, and the ice is unlikely…
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Afternoon Dose of Vitamin D
Breaking free from cabin fever seems to have been the theme this month with some of my fellow northern bloggers. Earlier this month, Heather from “Our Adventures Up North” expressed the frustration of these often gray winter days, in this post, while Kathy of “Lake Superior Spirit” shared deep-winter thoughts from her side of the Big Lake, here, along…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds
My muse for the “rule of thirds” photo challenge … while enjoying a winter hike on Ellingson Island at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. Blue skies, warm sun …. even 15°F (-9°C) feels warm after a stretch of sub-zero days! With another round of brutally cold wind chills and temperatures settling in this evening, a few hours outdoors was just…
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Sub-Zero Fun in Minnesota
Originally posted on Travel. Garden. Eat.: When the never-ending sub-zero temperatures keep knocking at your door, you sometimes simply need to fling open the door and say, “let’s party!” As the air warmed up to a balmy –14°F (-25.5°C) on Monday, just a few degrees off the warmest temperature of the day, I decided the…
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