Author Archives: George

It rained continuously a couple of nights ago, the next morning the sky and horizon still blended to one grey mass and I got to bail some 15-20 gallons from the small boat. The Bayliner’s not so much work, I … Continue reading →

Summer Solstice, the longest day turns out to be another rainy day!  We see white caps once again due to the strong ENE wind, very unusual for our quiet side of the island.  We’re happy we’re not on Big Bay … Continue reading →

Still gray and chilly. a good day to do some catching up on this blog. I happened to be up early one day last week and enjoyed a rare sunrise.  (No, the sunrise isn’t rare, only my being there to … Continue reading →

We’re up at the crack of dawn to join a birdwatching walk at Bearhead State Park, it’s just a few miles off Mud Creek Road, but we’ve never been there. We’re in the Bayliner at 6:10 and we get to … Continue reading →

Lynn and Bill Overland are coming to dinner tonight – we had joined them for dinner at their cabin a couple of days ago and we want to get together again before they have to leave. We have plenty of … Continue reading →

We spend today with old and new friends as well as more communing with Momma Nature.  We’ve been invited for breakfast to Steve and June Keibler’s who have a beautiful log house a couple of miles east of us along … Continue reading →

Our initial trip back to Ely was on Monday, and our first stop was at the public library to use their free wifi and for Jan to pick up her week’s worth of reading.  But our library card has gone … Continue reading →

Today we begin reconnecting with Mother Nature.  Jan is planning on spending a lot of time while we’re up here with dirt under her fingernails, she’s a happy camper even just getting the front yard under control. A Yellow Bellied … Continue reading →

Not quite at the crack of dawn we’re heading north again.  Our two-hour trip to the cabin takes us through Virginia, the county seat of St. Louis County, which includes Lake Vermilion.  The region’s economic foundation for many years has … Continue reading →

We’ve left Evergreen Park and gotten on the road to LakeVermilion, but it’s a ten-hour drive and we decided to break it and spend the night in Duluth.  One of the Subaru’s cool features is that it continuously reports cumulative … Continue reading →