beautiful may weekend

the weather couldn’t possibly be much more wonderful than it is today.  i haven’t yet looked that a thermometer but it must be nearing 60 degrees which for the North Shore is rather toasty.  the sun is shining with hardly a cloud in the sky.  the Grand Marais Jazz Festival is just beginning, there are countless numbers of fantastic musicians playing the next two nights.  i am looking forward to dropping in on some.

Conor encounters a wolf

there have been numerous wolf sightings this spring, i myself have followed one down my road on the way to work the other day.   they seem to be extra curious this year.  they don’t seem to be looking for anything in particular, just checking out the human scene.  there is one wolf currently wandering around the mountain inn/ski hill area the last week or so.  they are such fantastic creatures, it is a blessing to be able to stumble upon one. 

this story come from Conor, our all purpose guy here at the Mountain Inn.  He lives in Grand Marais and this is what he saw on his way home the other night. 

“So there i was driving home from work and i slowed down to take a look at the eagle’s nest, which is just on the north side of the Cascade River.   There was an eagle in the nest and i was wondering if she had eggs in there and if they have hatched yet.    as i began driving again i saw a wolf come up from the ditch with something in her mouth.  i sped up to get a closer look and as i pulled right along side of her i saw the ‘thing’ move and i noticed it was one of her pups that must have been just a couple of days old.  she went in to the ditch and put the pup down.  the mama wolf just sat and stared at me.  the baby didn’t even look like it could stand yet.   i watched them from about 3 minutes then the mom picked up her baby and trotted off into the woods.  i wondered if she had more babies down by the lake and was now trying to move them to the otherside of road into the woods, or mabye that little pup was the only one she had.  there have been a lot of reports of wolves and coyotes up here having the mange disease, so most of the wolves i have seen lately have not had that thick coat, they are scrawny with bare tails.  the momma wolf seemed to be in very good shape.  she still had her thick winter coat and a nice bushy tail.  that was the first newborn wolf pup i had ever seen.  it was incredible, i almost wanted to pick up that cute pup and take it home with me.  i hopefully will get to see it again as it grows up.”

only 55 degrees??

This morning i woke up and looked at my themometer which claims that it is only 55 degrees outside today but it feels much warmer than that.  It is definetly sandal weather today with great blue sky, bright sunshine and no breeze.  all the makings for a perfect day.  as an added bonus they are also calling for a thunderstorm in the evening!  I absolutly love spring storms they are so wonderful; big heavy rain drops, that sweet smell, the pitter-patter on the roof…ah, it sure is lovely.

Bluebird Skies

Another beautiful day here on the shore.  Blue skies as far as the eye can see, at this rate the lakes should open up for this weekend’s fishing opener.