lake superior

i took this b/c i was amazed at the way the rock was eroded.

terry fox scenic overlook in ontario

a must stop if you ever get to ontario, and it takes such a short time:

the bridge at the start of the trail

another unknown flower

indian head:

just for kicks, compare this pic with above. same thing. i simply raised my camera slightly and it automatically adjusted the lighting. interesting.

moose or bear?

this is where i heard the unknown frog

i saw a couple moose on my way back to ely. these pics are from a few hours later, at 5 am. i went back out to get some shots. not good photos, though. turns out she also had a calf, but i wasn't fast enough with my video. my video turns out so much better than my pics.

dont you just want to grab that snout with both hands!

i like the date stamp, but i don't. it gives me a better record than my memory ever would, but some pics it ruins even if cropped.

i didn't make it to sleeping giant provincial park but i could see it from where i was. i also didn't take the cable bridge over eagle canyon which is very near ouimet. it was getting late and i had places to go! unfortunately, the amethyst mine closed before i got there.

That bridge just seems to draw you into the trail to see what beauty lies ahead. I need to get ready for work but I'm enjoying your photographs too much. :-) You really took stunning photographs, FTM.

Thanks so much for sharing them here! Gonna go back and drool over them all over again. :-)

Did you stop at Split Rock Lighthouse and Gooseberry Falls too?

no i didn't sarah! i do know i want to go back one of these days, hopefully with dh in tow. thre was a falls i contemplated but i don't think it was gooseberry. i pretty much stayed on the circle tour highway as far as Pearl, Ontario then turned back.

*What is your middle initial?
*Is it E.?
*As in Fair E. Toadmotha?
*Who was your 3rd grade substitute teacher?
*If train 'A' travel north @ 55 MPH and while train 'B' travels south @ 47 KPH, what are the names of the train conductors?
*Did you have any Moosehead while in Ontario?
*Taste great?
*Less filling?
*Did you have any moose head while in Ontario? (not the one shown above, of course!)
*Taste great?
*Less filling?
*Nice moose droppings you got there in pic #13x2. Taste great? Less filling? *SORRY*
*So do Canadian people really end all their sentences with "eh", eh?
*Did you find any rocks nice enough to steal....errrrr... to relocate back to your pond?

To be continued...

despite all the "night danger, moose" warning signs in canada- including one of those light up road construction types (wow), i didn't see moose until i was back in minnesota.

as far as the rocks, know me too well. i so wanted a huge rock with amethyst throughout, and some from lake s. i walked away deciding i would wait until i get to the mine. good thing, b/c my psychorock episode made me forget i took the bus. i had all kinds of thoughts afterward on my way to the mine about how i would pack it in my suitcase!

About 7 years ago I drove to Alaska with the folks. My Dad is a stickler for not trashing the inside of the car, so Mom and I kept a sort of briefcase for all the maps, brochures, journals, and things we picked up on the way, kept it all neat and easy to find stuff; had shoulder packs for all the junk we'd need during a day; of 'course a litter bag so we wouldn't strew garbage all over in the back seat :), etc...He never found out we were stashing rocks in the trunk (up in and around the spare, heaven forbid we'd put more stuff in the car) 'til we got home. But I have the most amazing collection of rocks from that trip, some of them pretty big, and I can still tell stories about where every one was found. They're all in my gardens :)

sigh...what a great trip that one was...i need to go back...

You just tell me where you want one from and I'll pick one up and send it!

(Just kidding, I know that the 'best' rocks must be found yourself)

my sister brought me rocks from their drive west. that's sister love for ya! i have one from the crazy horse monument- my fave, and not just b/c it is the most interesting. i have one from california. i thik that is the one that is sort of blue. i panicked yesterday, b/c i can't find it. i know that it has been sitting in a specific small pile for a couple of years now, and it isn't there! i havent' put them anywhere for fear of forgetting which was which (except crazy horse, that one is obvious). maybe i moved it or it broke. i did find pieces of it that are a similar color, but i thought it was larger. i doubt anyone came along and helped themself. i think there is one there from oregon also, but i can't remember which one that is, either. grrrr. i wish i knew how to engrave them so i would remember.

Yeah, yeah, I know...but weirdness loves company! :0)

I think the purple flower is a member of the Milkwort family called a Polygala paucifolia or Fringed Polygala (aka Gaywings). CT

ct, you found it! i'll admit i haven't even looked. i just love the fringes. quite unmistakable, eh?

bb, what an experience. i would never have known about the gas effect. although, where i used to work certain hairsprays seemed to activate the explosive detectors.