Happy 0 8!

The snow has stopped for now and it is just bitter cold. There are always a few days like this in January, but Paul the weather guy who's statistical predictions are wrong 69% of the time, said our temperature might go from 2 degrees (currently) with negatory wind chills to +40 degrees by the middle of next week. Wacky! Revisit my weather pixie for the current weather.

We enjoyed a couple nights in a Kah-Nee-Tah cottage on the north shore of Lake Superior over New Years, and went snow shoeing for the first time. We drove 30 miles up the Gunflint Trail from Grand Marais and found a 5k cross-country ski path, part of Superior National Park, that we followed. At one point we weren't certain we were going to come out! There was of course an obligatory visit to Sven and Ole's. NY Eve was Papa Charlie's at Lutsen, where the ski patrol put on a torchlight parade (with flares) down one of the mountains, and a 20 minute fireworks display-- all right out the dining room windows. I conquered the wood fireplace at our cottage and that was quite relaxing and nice, although kindling would have been nice (grr).

Complimentary pics follow: