It's lefsa time!

We made lefsa last night because we are heading west on Tuesday morning to spend Thanksgiving with Arlyn's family in Chamberlain SD.  Family members had asked that we bring some!

Hey!  What is this funny potato stuff you are cooking??

Sandy is a master of this Norwegian treat.
Funny that she's 100% slavic!

What the refrigerator looked like all day.
Cooling the potato balls is the trick.

They had to be tested for quality.
Some people like them with butter and jelly. Huuuumm

The stack is growing.

How to roll them onto the grill.

Arly gives it a shot.

He later decides Sandy is better at rolling them,
 so he kept up his grilling tradition.

The house is filled with a grilled potato smell.

Note how they bubble up.

Over 5 lbs was made. When can we have some?

Pilgrim watershed tree removal hike.

On Sunday afternoon, we headed to Boundary road to remove a tree we had found across the Pilgrim Watershed Trail this past week.  With all the wind we've had lately, we expected to find more.

With little snow on the ground, we thought we'd try using
our pulk sled to haul the saw gear out.

It was breezy today, but the sun came out.

We turn off the logging road and onto the trail.

With the snow so shallow, they took the skags off the sled
and it towed better.

Arly watches to make sure the sled doesn't fall into the creek.

It was warm out and a wonderful November day to be in the woods.

We made it!  It was an easy hike in.

It was three or more, dead pines that had fallen across the trail.

The little pole saw goes to work.

Older mutts don't venture very far and watch.

Younger ones are in the woods hunting.

Done!

We thought we'd hike around the rest of the trail expecting
to find more dead-falls.

Along the river bottom.  We should install a bench here.

With a southern exposure here, not much snow left.

Down and around we go.

No more dead-falls were found across the trail.

This is the bridge we dragged back a month ago.

The fall sun is going down.  What a nice day to be in the woods!

Lake Perrault romp

On Saturday we needed to get out so we headed up to Lake Perrault for a little romp.

Low enough snow to drive in, at least with the dog truck.
Nonetheless, it was rough going.

There was a skim of ice covering the little lake.

We headed down the trail, circling the lake going clockwise.

Oh ya, it's always so pretty here in the high country. 

The 2-leggeds just hiked, no snow shoes or skis required yet.

Ya, it's been a wet fall.

Hey! I smell vermin.

What are those pretty red berries?

Someone must have been celebrating Halloween here.

This is one of the trails leading to the fen.
Or is it a bog? We always forget.

Wally be careful! You could fall in.  Although, I'm not sure I care...

Down the board walk we stroll.

We never knew there were 2 trails here until a year or so ago,
when this sign appeared.

The other trail and board walk.

Oh dear, the viewing platform's rails are askew.

We had such a nice romp here today.

Monk's Trail hike and Brockway Mountain visit

This all happened on Saturday when we headed up the Keweenaw for a little hike...   

We needed to get something at Arly's shop in Mohawk and
thought we'd just head a bit further up and hike at the Monk's trail,
which is just up the hill from Eagle Harbor.

The 2 legged members brought BC skis but they weren't needed.

It sure is a nice trail.

We headed to the gorge.

The little waterfall.

Even the sun came out today!

There were lotsa deer tracks to sniff.
The pack made us stay close.

The trout pond.

They made me go waaaaaay back, then jump on this bench.
It was scary!

When we were here last winter,
the snow was so deep it covered these signs!

We spied turkeys along the road!
This was on Brockway Mountain Drive, which does not get
plowed over the winter.

Our buddy Mark brought a house up here and plans to be renting it soon.

What an awesome vacation spot!

Mark is getting this set up to house groups large or small. Quite a place.

This is near the Brockway nose.
Maybe Arly will get to run a Bully (sled trail grooming)
 up here this winter.