With the rain and warmer temperatures earlier in the week, the ice that was forming on some of the shores of Lake Superior have melted. But unfrozen beaches will not last all winter and will soon be iced over again until spring.
Unfrozen Beach
Picture of the Day for December 9, 2019
Some of the drifts created by today’s new snowfall reminded me of a sandy beach, but with the temperatures dropping below zero, it would be more pleasurable to walk on a warm beach than across snowdrifts.
Au Train Beach
Picture of the Day for September 16, 2019
Some people were enjoying a late summer warm day with water activities today as the temperature climbed above 80 after a previous chilly week. But while pools and smaller lakes would be warm enough for swimming, Lake Superior near where this duo were checking out the water is already down to upper forties so it would be a very refreshing swim.
Checking out the Water
Picture of the Day for September 13, 2019
The wind and rain from the storm churned up the Lake Superior as the waves crashed into shore.
Stormy Superior
Picture of the Day for July 16, 2019
On another hot summer day, a dip in a lake may help to cool down, especially in Lake Superior where the water temperature is 62 degrees, which is warmer than the thirties this spring.
Lake Superior Swim
Picture of the Day for June 6, 2019
This is a nice peaceful beach, but 75 years ago, different beaches were not a tranquil when some 156,000 Allied troops had landed on Normandy’s beaches to attack the German forces on D-Day. Instead of pretty colors reflecting on the sand from a sunset, the D-Day beach landings were bloody as the first waves of landing forces suffering terrible losses.
A Tranquil Beach
Picture of the Day for May 16, 2019
After 240 days, the temperature finally reached eighty degrees again and you might think it would be a great day to go swimming in the lake without waves. But it would be a chilly dip in Lake Superior as the water temperature near this beach is only 37 degrees.
Chilly Dip on a Hot Day
Picture of the Day for February 27, 2019
The wind has created drifts and ripples in the snow which could look like waves on a lake, but there isn’t any warm sandy beaches yet since they are buried under several feet of snow.
Warmer Waves
Picture of the Day for January 13, 2019
Across the bay from where the Copper Harbor Lighthouse sits, the brig John Jacob Astor was wrecked on the rocks at the end of cove in 1844 when a terrific gale came up and the Astor lost one of its two anchors. Repeated attempts were made to free the Astor from the rocks, but she broke up in the severe winter weather conditions. There was only one other schooner left on Lake Superior that fall so the loss of the Astor created severe winter food shortages across the Upper Peninsula including Fort Wilkins in Copper Harbor.
Shipwreck Site
Picture of the Day for January 11, 2019
It would be nice if my driveway was showing more rock and sand instead of ice but the sunshine today wasn’t enough to do any melting with the temperature below freezing. It would be nice to take a walk on a beach in the sunshine and only have to worry about getting shoes wet from a mini rogue wave instead worrying about slipping and falling on ice.
Beach at Herbster
