The rugged shoreline of Lake Superior where you find Rhyolite and Basalt volcanic rock (both composed primarily of silicate minerals) which formed during the Midcontinent Rift of the Mesoproterozoic Era (around 1.1 billion years ago), and most recently sculpted during the last ice age just 10 thousand years ago into its present form – Tettegouche…
The Baptism River makes its way through Minnesota’s north woods on its way to Lake Superior. High Falls Trail – Tettegouche State Park. In June 2024, a torrential rain dropped 6 to 8 inches across Minnesota’s North Shore, swelling the Baptism River by 23 feet. A foot bridge near this spot was wiped out, and…
A tranquil walking trail around Fireman’s Lake. The well-designed trail also includes a nice boardwalk section and a graceful pedestrian bridge over a pond. Walking is something that often allows me to sort through any troubling thoughts and store them a way for later. At that moment the rest of the walk becomes a time…
With him dwelt his dark-eyed daughter, Wayward as the Minnehaha, With her moods of shade and sunshine, Eyes that smiled and frowned alternate, Feet as rapid as the river, Tresses flowing like the water, And as musical a laughter; And he named her from the river, From the water-fall he named her, Minnehaha, Laughing Water….
A calm and sunny day along the west coast of Lake Superior, but this famous lighthouse guided mariners through gale and storm from 1910 to 1969 – Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. The melody of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” came to mind as I stood here, knowing that everything was so different the…
The Minnehaha Creek meanders from Lake Minnetonka to the Mississippi River. “Minne” comes from Minnesota’s first people, the Dakota, and means water. Very appropriate for the land of 10,000 lakes and many, many ponds, lakes, creeks and rivers. I am always amazed at how well the Twin Cities makes everyone feel close to nature and…