Northern Minnesota, huh? I love it up there. I am from Atlanta, I drove up to Ely about 9 times, over the years, to go camping in the Quetico. Always went in September. Canoe camping, I loved it in the north woods.
One year drove up to Ely in January to check out the scene. I saw a guy ice fishing, he had his pickup truck parked out on the lake, about 300 feet from shore!
That was really wild I had never seen that. I saw where he had driven out there, from a boat ramp, and I drove out there in my pickup, man, that just didn't seem right, to drive out onto a lake, I thought I must die, or lightning would strike me if I drove a pickup out onto a lake, but I did it without incident. Scary for a Georgia boy.
In my travels through Minnesota I went through Bemidji several times and I really liked that town. I decided I would move to Bemidji, build a log cabin and get a Finnish Fireplace.
The fiancee, also from Atlanta, said "Have fun. Be sure to send me a Christmas card." She did not want to move to Minnesota.
Well I made it as far north as the North Carolina mountains so we do get some snow and cold weather, low of 7 degrees tonight.
I haven't been to Minnesota in 15 years and I miss it, gotta get back up there for a visit.
