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Mocha
02/05/2017 06:47PM
 

Grouse
 
butthead
02/10/2017 02:01PM
 
Just out for a hike, antlers often found as an extra! Those are Air Force surplus mukluks, $28 off ebay. Added a pair of 9mm wool liners, I like toasty feet!
That's a trail shelter just off the Ice Age Trail, S. Kettle Moraine State Forest.



butthead
 
Mocha
02/10/2017 09:02PM
 
early ice out, March 21, 2012, Gunflint lake



 
butthead
02/10/2017 08:50AM
 
Was a cold hike yesterday, not much to photo, did come across this goof,

thawing mustache icicles.


butthead
 
Mocha
02/10/2017 09:21AM
 
quote butthead: "Was a cold hike yesterday, not much to photo, did come across this goof,

thawing mustache icicles.



butthead"



it's nice you found some shelter serving hot beverage!! i see you have gators on, are you looking for antlers?
 
Mocha
02/20/2017 11:06PM
 
i like daffodils... they don't last long but they are very refreshing.





the little stream between kingfisher and ogish (this is looking at ogish). oct 2011.
would be interested to see photos of the current landscape in this area.
 
hobbydog
02/11/2017 11:05AM
 
quote Mocha: "early ice out, March 21, 2012, Gunflint lake



"



Hoping for another 2012 this year. This was the first week in April 2012 on South Fowl. It was perfect weather, 50 degree days, 20s at night and very light winds. It was a short but very memorable trip.



 
Mocha
02/11/2017 11:25AM
 
is this in the area with all cabins? nice sandy landing! i really like northe and south fowl but when i've been through there we're always in a hurry to get through to east pike. would love to explore more toward where the pigeon river starts.
 
Mocha
02/11/2017 02:52PM
 

 
ozarkpaddler
02/15/2017 05:48PM
 
Deer in the yard this evening:

 
hobbydog
02/26/2017 09:44PM
 
The dam on South Fowl Lake



 
Mocha
02/26/2017 10:34PM
 



dam on pickerel lake, quetico
 
Mocha
02/26/2017 10:47PM
 
quote hobbydog: " The dam on South Fowl Lake



"



this is a cool looking dam... it says, "come to my entrance and see where i will take you... "
 
MHS67
02/27/2017 12:14AM
 

Those are some cool looking dams.
This one is the old dam at Florence Lake. It usually is under water but the drought left it exposed again.
 
Mocha
02/27/2017 12:51AM
 
quote MHS67: "
Those are some cool looking dams.
This one is the old dam at Florence Lake. It usually is under water but the drought left it exposed again."



that is a very old looking dam! interesting how it's built with board and rocks. where is Florence lake?

 
Mocha
02/14/2017 10:09PM
 



feb 14, 2014.... it's red for valentine's day.
 
MHS67
02/27/2017 11:03AM
 
quote Mocha: "quote MHS67: "
Those are some cool looking dams.
This one is the old dam at Florence Lake. It usually is under water but the drought left it exposed again."




that is a very old looking dam! interesting how it's built with board and rocks. where is Florence lake?
"



Mocha, Florence lake is about 100 miles north east of Fresno Calif. in the Sierra's. The last 20 miles is on a 1 lane old blacktop road and takes about 2 hours to travel.
 
SaganagaJoe
02/28/2017 05:47PM
 
Mocha, you asked about a current picture of the Ogish-Kingfisher creek - this is what I have from September 2016:


Pretty sure this is at the end of the portage on the Ogish side, but my back was to the creek, that's my buddy in the picture. Gives you an idea of the size of the trees.



And this is the east end of that same creek, on the Kingfisher side. The fastest action we had on the trip was in the moving water there.
 
Mocha
02/28/2017 10:10PM
 



GOODBYE FEBRUARY!!!! there can only be sunny and bright days ahead.


quetico, 2008
 
Mocha
02/28/2017 09:06PM
 
thanks, Joe!! look at all that water and the new growth.
 
mc2mens
03/01/2017 10:02PM
 
quote Mocha: "
Cross River"



Beautiful photo
 
mc2mens
03/01/2017 10:04PM
 
quote mooseplums: "quote Mocha: "
Grouse"




This is excellent"






Yes it is!
 
hobbydog
02/11/2017 09:54PM
 
quote Mocha: "is this in the area with all cabins? nice sandy landing! i really like northe and south fowl but when i've been through there we're always in a hurry to get through to east pike. would love to explore more toward where the pigeon river starts."


This is the south side of the island that separates north and South Fowl. There is a very interesting story about all the cabins that are on Fowl Lakes and how they got there. Way too long to tell here....maybe on a wing night. The dam at the end of the lake where the Pigeon River starts is worth a visit.
 
Mocha
02/12/2017 04:15PM
 
i'd love to hear those stories!!!



a bend in the MN river, 2/11/17
 
Mocha
02/17/2017 12:16AM
 

the hungry jack outfitters road, long and winding on fresh snow. good thing no one was coming from the opposite direction! 2/16/16
 
MHS67
02/15/2017 11:06PM
 

West end of Brule Lake at 1 in the afternoon. The whole lake was like this.
 
3Ball
02/16/2017 08:17AM
 
quote Mocha: "



Beargrease 2015. heading up a one mile with several hundred foot incline to the snowmobile trail from gunflint lake."



Love it!
 
ozarkpaddler
02/02/2017 10:03AM
 
quote mooseplums: " Bunch Berries ~ Rose Lake
"







Love this!
 
ozarkpaddler
02/02/2017 10:04AM
 
Blueberries on the Granite River:



 
Mocha
02/01/2017 12:34AM
 

Cross River
 
ozarkpaddler
02/01/2017 09:05AM
 
Current River yesterday, last day of January:

 
mooseplums
02/01/2017 10:13AM
 
Bunch Berries ~ Rose Lake



 
Mocha
02/03/2017 07:30PM
 



not sure, i think it's a redpoll?
 
ozarkpaddler
02/21/2017 07:29AM
 
quote Mocha: "i like daffodils... they don't last long but they are very refreshing.








the little stream between kingfisher and ogish (this is looking at ogish). oct 2011.
would be interested to see photos of the current landscape in this area."



That photo leaves me almost speachless. That was always such a pretty portage IMHO, one of my favorites.
 
ozarkpaddler
02/21/2017 07:32AM
 
Downy woodpecker, he keeps me company every day.

 
MHS67
02/21/2017 10:46AM
 
Seagull portrait.
 
redoleary
02/22/2017 04:47AM
 
Two of my neighbors.
 
Mocha
02/08/2017 03:38AM
 



pemmican lake, october 2016
 
mooseplums
02/08/2017 02:40PM
 
quote Mocha: "
Grouse"



This is excellent
 
Mocha
02/08/2017 04:28PM
 
you could use that in a painting if you like!
 
hobbydog
02/08/2017 06:34PM
 




 
Mocha
02/13/2017 10:45AM
 



Beargrease 2015. heading up a one mile with several hundred foot incline to the snowmobile trail from gunflint lake.
 
Jaywalker
02/18/2017 06:37PM
 
Following a theme of snow and red for Valentines week - with hyper-warm temps not feeling very Minnesota right now.

 
Mocha
02/18/2017 07:41PM
 
jaywalker, those phone booths look like they are either in London or a movie set! sounds like you'll get your winter wish soon.





my brother and sis-in-law picked me up this morning, we took a scenic drive to springfield, mn to the meat shop (awesome, BTW!), on our way home we took some back roads along hwy 4 toward ft. ridgely, then the "bottom road", which could be renamed the Soggy Bottom road. lots of flooded fields, most still frozen. apparently there was quite a bit of rain last fall so the MN river flooded in this area. ANYWAY.... here are some geese getting ready for a swim. there were tons of geese and some mallards just soaking up the sun and paddling around the little pond of open water. we also saw a flock of wild turkeys stepping over a dead racoon on the center line. no pics of them... they move fast!
 
MHS67
02/18/2017 09:15PM
 

Hanging on the wood shed. Used to scare my daughter with it!
 
Mocha
02/19/2017 11:06PM
 



start of Badwater portage, from West Bay of Quetico lake to Badwater. we didn't know any better and thought this was normal, after all it IS a 320rd portage! we were told later that the water was pretty low if we had to start way out there. LOL
 
ozarkpaddler
02/20/2017 10:22PM
 
February 20th, 1st Daffodils blooming. Usually pop up the first week or two of March:

 
ozarkpaddler
02/23/2017 08:43AM
 
quote redoleary: " Two of my neighbors."


Those are MY kind of neighbors (LOL)!
 
Mocha
02/23/2017 02:38PM
 
cute horsies!!



shoreline
 
BasecampMom
02/23/2017 09:33PM
 
quote Mocha: "
Cross River"



The silence in this photo is deafening! I love it.
 
BasecampMom
02/23/2017 09:35PM
 
Destruction from wind.

 
Mocha
02/24/2017 08:36PM
 
thanks, Lindsey! that is one of my most favorite views, esp in winter. it's near the cross river ep 50 landing.




 
Mocha
02/25/2017 08:53AM
 



alpine side of portage to red rock
 
hobbydog
02/25/2017 03:09PM