Winter Cruise on the Old Highway

Just another beautiful day for a winter bike ride in northeast Minnesota!  Taken along Old Highway 61 in Grand Portage, MN. 

Skiing the Beaver Dam Trail

Yesterday we got out for a day of awesome skiing on the Central Gunflint Ski Trails.  The conditions were perfect!  The trails were (as always) very nicely groomed and there was a nice gentle snow falling all day.  It was the kind of day that made you wish you could just ski all day every day!

A Magical December Night

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  Here's another photo of a recent night sky in northeast Minnesota.  For some reason this photo just seems like a good Christmas photo to me.  It sure was a beautiful night to be out in the woods underneath such a glorious star-filled sky!

December Dreams

The winter night sky sure is a thing of beauty!  On clear, cold nights you can see more stars than you ever thought possible.  Especially in a place like northern Minnesota, where light pollution is thankfully still pretty minimal.  This photo was made along Old Highway 61 in Grand Portage, MN in the early morning hours of December 23, 2016. 

Winter Night Sky over High Falls

A sky full of stars above High Falls of the Pigeon River in Grand Portage State Park, MN.  What a supremely beautiful night!  I was hoping for the northern lights to be visible last night, but they never really came out.  The view of the stars sure was incredible though! 

High Falls - Freezing Up!

Here is what High Falls of the Pigeon River in Grand Portage State Park currently looks like.  There has been a lot of ice development on the waterfall thanks to the week of very cold temperatures we just had.  There is, however, still one large channel of running water right in the middle of the waterfall.  This photo was taken late in the day just as the sun was setting to the west (the view here is looking north).  I really liked the clouds on this day and the way they mirrored the angle of the line of trees on the right side of the photo. 

Snow Ride - Meeting the Plow

Today we rode our fat bikes on Old Highway 61 in Grand Portage, MN to the old border crossing and back.  It was an awesome day, with a temperature right around 32 degrees.  Super comfortable for riding!  Along the way we saw the county plow coming and I quickly pulled out the camera to make this photo as the plow met with Jessica.  I thought it made for a cool shot!