It is almost spring in the UP . The outside temps are hovering around the freezing mark. We still have 2 feet of snow in the woods and most trails have snow on them. Last week we took our Xcountry skis and backpacked into Chapel Beach at Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore. Our goal was to ski down to the beach and walk the remaining mile and a half to spray falls. The walk along the cliffs was spectacular to say the least. Most of the ice had already fallen off of the falls and the water was flowing freely. Check out my pictures to see what it looked like. In a couple of weeks we should be out fishing along the shoreline of Grand Island and Shelter Bay for jack salmon and steel head. Check out my photos from last years catch on my Flickr website. – mike
