Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Ice Paradise - Grand Portage Bay

















This past weekend we had a nice surprise on Grand Portage Bay.  Saturday morning we woke to all these amazing blue ice sheets that had been pushed up along the shoreline in the night.  Almost the entire bay was ringed with these sheets of ice.  Armed with my ice spikes on my boots I walked along the shore and took in the amazing sight of this icy paradise.  Unfortunately the view you see here was short-lived.  Sunday night we had a major blizzard combined with high winds.  The combination of wind and snow dramatically changed this view.  Some of the ice sheets are still there, but the waves broke them up quite a bit and they are now covered in snow.  Today there is a fresh layer of ice on the bay and I can hear it crunching as it gets pushed up on shore once again.  So, maybe we will have fresh views again similar to this one!  One never knows what Lake Superior will do to surprise you in the winter season :-)

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