As I said in the last post, there were no boats going through the Soo Locks. They were all stuck in Duluth and as we were there, a group of Coast Guard ships was going over to Duluth to get them unstuck. I heard someone say that the ice was about 6 feet thick in some places. The Coast Guard convoy started moving out of Duluth on Wednesday. As I am typing this post, they are somewhere around Thunder Bay. Rumors are that they will arrive in the Soo on Saturday but I don't think that is likely.
Since there were no ships, I decided to wander down the Scenic Highway to Paradise. My first stop was the Point Iroquois Lighthouse which is just west of Brimley (Oatmeal Capital of the World). I try to stop at this lighthouse when I get the chance because it is one of my favorites and one of the more beautiful lighthouses.
I couldn't get too many angles of it because the paths around it weren't clear and the snow was at least 3 feet thick in some places.
But I could move around well enough.
Obsured by some of the trees out front.
From the road in front. This is my second favorite angle. I actually prefer the angle from the other side, but I couldn't get to that one.
Pulled out a little more to give you an idea of just how isolated it is. I seriously couldn't imagine being a keeper here during the winter.
I did take some of the path that was cleared.
I thought it looked pretty cool.
If you look in the background, you can see Lake Superior. It was pretty angry on Tuesday. I have to believe that wasn't helping the ships much either.
Another view of that.
Just some of the trees around the lighthouse.
A couple birch trees.
I think it looks pretty cool.
A birch and pine tree.
They have a NOAA station here too.
One more shot of the lighthouse.
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