The freezing fog overnight created slippery surfaces, but not as slick as frozen Lake Superior inside an ice cave.
Slippery Ice
Picture of the Day for February 26, 2023
The forecast has freezing rain tonight and tomorrow morning but I definitely don’t want to see anymore ice here. I rather have to visit the ice caves on the shore of Lake Superior to see icy tunnels and ice formations and not the slick ice on my driveway.
Icy Tunnel
Picture of the Day for February 16, 2023
The unexpected rain in February polished the snow and ice to very slippery conditions, as even one of the farm cats was doing the dance jig as she slid down the hill about fifteen feet, but with four legs she manage to stay upright – barely. You expect to find ice on frozen lakes, but not on the driveway and walkways and it probably won’t melt before the snow next week hides it making even trickier to walk outside.
Walking on Superior Ice
Picture of the Day for February 10, 2023
The winter day stayed below freezing today, but it still was 40 degrees warmer than nine years ago when I ventured out on to Lake Superior ice to visit the ice caves on a rather cold day.
Superior Ice Caves
Picture of the Day for January 20, 2023
When exploring the ice formations, it was interesting to see so many different colors of ice especially the light blue ice falls. Course I was a little blue when my garage door was frozen down in ice and it took me a while to get the door open this morning.
Blue Ice
Picture of the Day for November 12, 2022
The precipitation that fell yesterday was a light drizzle and mist, but since the temperature was below freezing, my car was coated with ice when I left work. Even this morning, there were small icicles hanging from my roof, but at least they weren’t big as these.
Big Icicles
Picture of the Day for March 6, 2022
There are a variety of caves, tunnels, frozen waterfalls and other ice formations along the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. This large cave is called the Garage and it would easily accommodate a huge dump truck although I’m not sure the ice under would hold up to the truck’s weight. But it was fun exploring the large cave with its ice coated walls.
The Garage
Picture of the Day for March 5, 2022
The ditch magnets were busy pulling cars off the road this morning. Actually it was the layer of ice on the road that caused the vehicles to end up in the ditches. Crawling around in this slippery ice coated tunnel is definitely more of a fun adventure than slipping off the roadway in a car.
Icy Tunnel Adventure
Picture of the Day for February 25, 2022
The recent winter storm dropped 20 to 30 inches of snow along Wisconsin’s south shore of Lake Superior, but it also blew the ice around which created large cracks where the ice was forming. And with the poor ice conditions, it looks like there will be another year where visitors will not be able walk on the lake ice to visit the various ice formations and caves.
No Ice Cave Walk
Picture of the Day for February 3, 2022
Today was another frigid February day with below zero temperatures, but the sunshine and calm winds lessened winter’s bite.
Frigid February Bite
