Alpena and Great Lakes Trader arrived Duluth 4/16/2015

Alpena

Alpena and Great Lakes Trader arrived at noon today

Great Lakes Trader

Philip R Clarke arrived Duluth 04/16/2015

Philip R Clarke arrived Duluth at 10:00 this morning.

Paul R Tregurtha arrived Duluth 04/16/2015

The 1000ft Paul R Tregurtha arrived Duluth this morning at 09:30

The Loons have returned

With the tree frogs croaking in the swamps, the loons returned to the Northland to join in the chorus.
I took this photo this evening on Caribou Lake this evening, three days after the ice went out.

Common Loon - Caribou Lake north of Duluth

Mesabi Miner departed Duluth 4/14/2015

The Mesabi Miner departed Duluth at 18:30 this evening

Mesabi Miner arrived Duluth 04/14/2015

The 1000ft Mesabi Miner arrived Duluth at 9:40 this morning.