Copper Country Scrapbook » Lake Superior http://coppercountryscrapbook.com Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Guardian of Lake Superior http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2009/06/23/guardian-of-lake-superior/ http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2009/06/23/guardian-of-lake-superior/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:20:49 +0000 Tricia http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/?p=373 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Guardian of Lake Superior", url: "http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2009/06/23/guardian-of-lake-superior/" });]]> Back in early April, there was still plenty of snow on the non-beach areas at Calumet Waterworks Park, with some snow and ice still on the beach. I took some pictures of different things, then decided to sit down on a huge log that had washed up on the beach.

I took our camera and just held it down by the ground and took random pictures at different angles. Imagine my surprise when I downloaded the pictures and saw this one showing the root of the log I was sitting on.

I definitely see a face in the log…

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]]> http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2009/06/23/guardian-of-lake-superior/feed/ 0 Lake Superior Dog to the Driftwood Rescue! http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/23/lake-superior-dog-to-the-driftwood-rescue/ http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/23/lake-superior-dog-to-the-driftwood-rescue/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:29:02 +0000 Tricia http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/?p=288 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lake Superior Dog to the Driftwood Rescue!", url: "http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/23/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. But you can tell he enjoys some family fun at the lake.

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]]> http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/23/lake-superior-dog-to-the-driftwood-rescue/feed/ 0 Swimming in Lake Superior http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/22/swimming-in-lake-superior/ http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/22/swimming-in-lake-superior/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:12:02 +0000 Tricia http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/?p=267 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Swimming in Lake Superior", url: "http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/22/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 of the way LOL.

The lake at McLain was still pretty darn cold, probably due to our cooler summer. At our favorite spots to swim it is a little warmer (Great Sand Bay, Cat Harbor).

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]]> http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/08/22/swimming-in-lake-superior/feed/ 0 The Invasion of the Black Flies http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/06/08/the-invasion-of-the-black-flies/ http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/06/08/the-invasion-of-the-black-flies/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:09:35 +0000 Tricia http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/?p=49 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Invasion of the Black Flies", url: "http://coppercountryscrapbook.com/2008/06/08/the-invasion-of-the-black-flies/" });]]> On Saturday, we spent the day along the western side of the Keweenaw peninsula with our end destination being Copper Harbor. We know that June can be a bad month for black flies (or biting flies as they are also called). Every year we forget exactly how bad they can be.

Our stops along the lake shore were short and we had to keep moving or the flies swarmed our legs. My husband tried taking a pic but it came out blurry. I couldn’t stay still enough. The flies were relentless.

We did, however, manage to get a shot of them outside of our car at Hunter’s Point Parking area (not the marina – the other spot more in the woods). It was a bit freaky how they swarmed the car after we got back in it.

Black Flies at Hunter\'s Point

I was the only one bitten. My socks were a little too thin and they exploited that weak spot. My son didn’t really enjoy them, though. Thank goodness they will die in a few weeks.

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