Spring is comeing to the UP slowly

This is a picture of minors beach at pictured rocks. Looks like spring is far away but we hope to fishing on the lake in three weeks.

March Winter Wonderland

3-4-11 ~ Yesterday was a winter wonderland around here; snowed off and on most
of the day. Big, beautiful flakes fell like in a movie – the kind of snow that
makes you feel like a kid again and you want to stick out your tongue and catch
the flakes. In fact, I did! I couldn’t resist the temptation! Anyway, we got
around 5 or 6″ here in town and more out in the snowbelt. The trails west of the
junction with Trail #9 and north of M-28 are in good condition and this new snow
is like icing on the cake. Still, expect the trails to be slick with icy
conditions in open areas and corners.

WOW!!! Mother Nature smiles on us once again as we head into another fantastic
weekend of riding UP here in the Grand Marais area. It snowed most of the day
yesterday well into the evening and as long as the temps continue to stay below
freezing as they have been, March looks to be a great month for riding in the
U.P. Dave said it best…we are looking good for snow UP here along the
lakeshore. We received close to 6 inches here in town yesterday with a little
more out in the snowbelts. The Grand Marais trails are in great shape for all of
you itching to get UP here this weekend. Shouldn’t even be rough getting in &
out of town with all of this fresh snow. I was in Seney, Curtis and Munising
yesterday & they were getting quite a bit of it as well. Hopefully east toward
Newberry & Paradise got some too.

Snowing in the north country

We got about a inch of snow yester day and it is snowing today.  We are expected to get about 2 inches.  The trails really need fresh snow we are going out tomarrow to check out the trails east to Newberry where they are expected to get 4 inches today.

Spring has sprung (almost)

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

Flickr Photos

If you want to view my photos please go to either one of these websites.  The first one is just a fancy way to view the Flickr photos.

1. http://www.reelinn.com/flickr

2.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/56766884@N00/