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Campfire Fun

We recently had the opportunity to play with fire and all of us were treated to a nice campfire. There is something so relaxing about sitting by the campfire and the warmth toasting your legs and some marshmallows.
Our son really didn’t care for the flaming marshmallow trick, but mom likes to eat the result. [...]

Lake Superior Dog to the Driftwood Rescue!

Humans aren’t the only ones that enjoy wading/swimming in Lake Superior. Our dog likes it too!
Here he is playing some fetch with a piece of driftwood. You can just smell the wet dog :-)

Our dog isn’t a complete water dog, though. He will only wade in the water and will not swim. [...]

Swimming in Lake Superior

Today’s picture is again from this past weekend’s adventure at McLain. We decided to walk down the beach heading towards Calumet. I turned around and caught some people “swimming” in the lake and snapped a pic. I say “swimming” because only one person was brave enough to go in the water all [...]

Lake Superior Driftwood – Nature’s Work of Art

Our travels over the weekend brought us to McLain State Park. The power of the Lake is clearly visible here with the edges of the park slowly eroding away. You also never know what the waves might wash up on the shore, like this beautiful piece of driftwood.

*sigh* – I want to [...]

Where in the Copper Country Wednesday – #9

Another Wednesday and another picture for you to guess where it was taken. dcclark knew last week’s location. It was indeed the north entry as seen from McLain State Park (for more information on this series, please see the beginning of this post).
Here’s this week’s picture…

Where in the Copper Country is this picture [...]