Winter is Here

Well last weekend we got our first major swath of snow for the year. The Cloquet area received about 13" while further north near Two Harbors they received over 18". We decided to get out outside and enjoy it for a day. That is doing anything besides shoveling.......

We traveled north to our property which is located just south of Two Harbors. Sara took this picture of one of the abundant birch tress.

This will hopefully someday be our future building site for our home. If you look real close you can see the steel blue waters of Lake Superior through the trees. Lake view property it is not.

The City of Cloquet plowed the snow into a windrow down the center of main street. They'll come by later and haul it away to a snow dump.

The city's locomotive decorated in Christmas Light for the season. It originally ran for the DM&IR (Duluth, Messabi, & Iron Range) railroad back in the hey day of the Red Ore Iron Mines.

Thanksgiving in Rogers City

First Snow. Well not exactly, but it was the first that stayed. This was a picture we took along the roadside somewhere on US-2 between Ashland and Ironwood.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we spent at the Alpena gun club shooting sporting clays. Here Dad takes aim at one of the florescent clay birds flying across the open field. I wish the real things were florescent orange. It'd make them a lot easier to hit..... or at least easier to see.

Sara takes here turn at one of the stations while my sister Wendy, her husband Frank, and Dad watch on. After a drought in the beginning Sara finished strong, clearing 7 of the last 8 clay birds. I better practice a bit more before I take her out again!

UP Bird Camp 2007

We made our annual trek into the backwoods of the Huron Mountains again this year in pursuit of the all elusive upland grouse. Some of us were successful while others were not but regardless everyone had a great time. The following are a few pictures I took back with me. Though they don't taste as good as grouse but they are sure nice to look at......

Dad and his Lab, Kam, take five after we walked several miles on our second day of hunting. (The dog probably ran five times the distance we traveled!)

Kam resting on our third day of hunting.

The Jurmu Camp on our last day in the UP.

A beaver pond reflects the clear blue sky and what remained of the fading fall colors.

Straights of Mackinac

Unfortunately, in early October Sara and I traveled down to the Detroit area for a family funeral. On our way back north we stopped in Mackinac City for a quick break.

The Mackinac Lighthouse and keeper's quarters.

The Mackinac Bridge framed by a trio of birch trees.

Sara and I pose in front of the Bridge from the "troll" side.

Another shot of the Bridge.