Ladies Weekend

I had the pleasure of hosting a ladies weekend with my  mom and entourage, Mary Jane, Mary Jo and Sue.

Thankfully the wildlife cooperated from the start and we had a snowshoe hare waiting for us right outside the hotel. They are named so because of their gigantic back feet which help with their flotation over deep snow in the winter. They turn all white in the winter for camouflage and all brown in the summer for the same reason. This guy just had white feet and tummy left.

The first night we went to Gooseberry State Park and the falls were raging with all the snow melt!

We spent Saturday morning meeting the animals of Wolf Ridge. 

Sue fell in love with Elcie (of course, who wouldn't).

Mary Jo got up close and personal with Thistle. (Elcie was jealous of the attention...or the peanuts).

And my man Chup flew for them.

We also put together enrichment
 for Korrpi and watched her genius brain at work. 

Next we hit up the ropes course, where both Mom and Sue tried it out and they did awesome!

Then we hiked to one of the best overlooks I've seen along the North Shore - Wolf Ridge's Superior View Hike. 

It was sunny, 60 degrees, I got a sunburn, and there was still tons of snow on the ground. They did great with the conditions (randomly having a leg sink down two feet and lots of sliding in the slush). Glad I could provide the opportunity to be hot in a t-shirt while surrounded by snow.

 We saw a willow budding along the trail. So even if mother nature is confused I'm convinced spring is still on its way. 

 We also had a wonderful dinner at the resort I'll be working at this summer. The gulls cooperated and lined up on their posts for a picture as the sun was going down.