Tag: Ely

• Embracing the Beauty of Winter

  I am wistfully wishing for more snow, as the last layer retreats with temperatures pushing 50 degrees Fahrenheit — an unseasonably warm day for early December.  We are past the warm colors of autumn, and the green of spring is many months away.  Living in northern Minnesota, you learn to embrace winter, or face the risk that…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  12/03/2012

  Travel

  Boundary Waters, dog sledding, dogs, Ely, forest, John Muir, Minnesota, nature, silent sport, trails, White Wilderness Sled Dog Adventures, wilderness, winter

• Winter Storm Watch? Really??

  The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for several counties in northern Minnesota.  Snow may start to fly Thursday evening, with six inches of snow on the ground before Friday is done.  Well, it is October now . . . but, couldn’t we at least let the leaves fall off of the trees…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  10/03/2012

  Travel

  Boundary Waters, dog sledding, dogs, Ely, magical, Minnesota, snow, winter