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
On a clear winter day, the setting sun dips below the horizon of Lake Superior’s frozen surface.
Frozen Surface Sunset
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
The falling and blowing snow this evening made it hard to see the road. Even a cloudy day on a beach listening to white waves rolling in is better than listen the snow pelleting my vehicle.
Cloudy Beach Day
With the recent winds blowing the ice away from shore, the sunrise pink color was able to reflect off the water this morning on the south shore of Lake Superior.
Pink Sunrise Reflection
Today I saw white rolling across the landscape although it wasn’t white caps from waves but snow blowing across the road from the strong winds and a new coating of snow. The birds lined up at my bird feeders today were mostly purple finch and not any sea gulls from this beach scene.
Gulls at the Beach
This afternoon was 50 degrees warmer than yesterday morning, but it was still below freezing. But the warmer temperatures has me dreaming of beaches not covered by snow and ice.
Autumn Sandy Beach
On Saturday, 34 fisherman were stranded on a piece of ice that cracked and separated away from the rest ice near shore. They had to be rescued from the floating ice as it floating farther out into Lake Michigan. I wouldn’t be fishing on the ice since the ice changes frequently on big bodies of water as this image from Lake Superior was a solid sheet one minute, fractured a while later and after a few more hours, the ice floated out of view.
Lake Superior Floating Ice
The thermometer on my car said -4 this afternoon and I watched the snow blow around whenever the wind picked up. It sure had me dreaming of July instead of January and warm, sandy beaches.
Beach Time in July
The above normal temperature this afternoon felt nice, but it was still below freezing so unlikely to be walking on the beach in shorts or wading into the water since there is already ice forming on Lake Superior. And more likely to see snowflakes in the sky and not rainbows this cloudy day.
Rainbow Over Superior
