And Wind!

So this is what happens when you combine snow and wind.


-A tall drift in front of the guide shack.
-A drift on the the west side of the palisade.
-A fourteen foot drift in front of the fort.













-Me (blurry) in front of the drift by the guide shack to give perspective.












-One more look...pretty cool.

Snow Again!

More snow, so more snowshoeing. Especially since Jenny was leaving :-(


Atop Red Pine Trail at Wilderness. Lots and lots o'hills!

-Jenny on Big Stone Trail. Really, really close to the water. Sometimes on it (frozen, of course).

-Yet, we saw no big stones.

-More of the ups and downs of Red Pine Trail.

-And at the end we saw these to greet us when were done.

-Goodhart Farms...Jenny's favorite spot.
-Really neat with woods and then fields.
-Jenny's (kind of) cabin in the winter.

In the Past

Although my family comes from downstate, apparently they've always visited the north (and those of us who have the wanderlust gene travel often and much further!).

-Great great grandfather, Will, on Arch Rock in 1926.

-Castle Rock in St. Ignace in 1926 - with Will and Great great aunt Clara.

-Great-great Aunt Dorothy, with Gpa Will and Aunt Clara in Marquette Park. The building on the top of the hill is now where I work in the summer.

-Aunt Dorothy at Fort Holmes in 1926.

-Little grandpa Herman with a headdress they got for him on the trip above. And then 18 years later...

-Herman and Bernadette, my grandparents (Will is his grandfather) in 1944 on their honeymoon. The furthest they could get on gas rations.
-Grandma at Fort Holmes.



-And in Marquette Park. Probably not too many people visiting in those days!

Snowshoe Mania

I realize this might be too much snow for some people, but this is (hopefully) what you get in the north!

-Sandy and I starting out on our 3 hour adventure at Black Mountain, Cheboygan County.

-One of the long hills we went up. It really doesn't do it justice.
-A little more scope. I felt like dying.

-Sandy going down.
-The less visited, but celebrated Cheboygan State Park, looking out to Lake Huron (with Sandy).
-The snowman I made by the lighthouse ruins.
-Jenny and I starting out at CSP.
-Jenny's really excited she finally got snowshoes!

-Yep. Snowed all weekend. That and it was freezing (more than freezing with temps in the single digits and wind chills below zero).

Me in action on the trails.
-Lighthouse Ruins!
-Jenny's artistic vantage on my Yukon Charlies.

-Jenny, Sandy and I at Mill Creek (Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park, more appropriately now).

-Sandy and I on the trails. It's gorgeous!
-Jenny and Sandy enjoying a little sun.

-The creek.
-Pushing snow into the creek bring great amusement, but the snow was so high we just ended up punching holes on the railings. Thought it was a good view.

-On a clear day you can see forever...or at least to Mackinac Island!

Odds and Ends

A few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

-Dennis, Phil and Dave doin' a little jammin'.


-Dennis playing around.
-Brian and Jenny showing where they'd like to go on the map table at Roast & Toast.
-Listening to the 50s jukebox at the Bob-In (which also has amazing custard).








-Me and Michelle waiting for Bless You Boys at the smoky Whiskey Lounge.





-Me and Sandy on a snowshoe at Mill Creek.


-The mill in the snow.
-Canadian Boulders.
-Down on the first loop.
-Jenny handling the CB.













-What we do waiting for a movie.