November Already?

 Okay I know, it's been ages.
I've found two new Superior overlooks I like a lot. The first two pictures to the right are from an adventure last weekend. We went off Wolf Ridge property to hike a bit on the Superior Hiking Trail - goes from Duluth to Canada along the shore. We accidentally missed our turn to Raven Lake campsites but stumbled upon this view, so really not all that bad.
The weather is pretty crisp nowadays. More layers but still not too bad. We've had quite a few days with flurries, it accumulated last night a  bit, but melted today. Has me shopping for some serious boots...
It's been good weather except for Lake Study last week. It was cold, in the shade, and the there was a thin sheet of ice over the test sites. I felt so bad for the kids because they had to get water samples. But they survived and I got back to the classroom as soon as I can. That was the last week on Lake Study. We are now transitioning into winter classes. Frozen lake study will happen as soon as it can...maybe late Dec but probably Jan...I'm not sure. They were setting up for Winter Survival class last week as well.

 But anyways we did find our way to Raven Lake and watched the beavers and muskrats for quite awhile. I think they're stockpiling for winter. It was crazy to see a beaver drag a stick across the lake because he had to break ice almost the whole way.

 Random sunrise...

I had another adventure up Mystical Mountain - the one where you have to use a rope to get up a cliff face. This is a shot of the ridge - campus.

Now that all the leaves are gone you can see everything and its crazy. You can see Lake Superior from almost everyone on top of the ridge.

But this is the second view I was talking about - from the far side of Mystical Mountain.

I love being able to see the wind on the water.

This was around sunset and the colors were great.


We went on this hike to get rid of some energy after sitting in a 4 hour grad class on Friday afternoon. The classes are the hardest thing about being here. It's really difficult for me to be teaching active student led classes to then sit in a traditional classroom for 4 hours. But I guess it has to be that way for now.