I spent one morning this week exploring along the shore of Lake Superior; visiting my favorite place for driftwood and soaking in the sunrise.

I'm trying to take advantage of my quiet time while I can. Once winter arrives, and our snowmobilers start pouring in, I'll be too busy to spend much time wandering around. Doing nothing is a luxury in mid-winter here; spending all day on the tractor moving snow is the more likely scenario. So I take my pleasure where I can now.

The trees and brush look dusty with a thick coating of frost, don't they?

Back at camp I baked a batch of brown-sugar crust banana muffins and sat down with a cup of coffee to warm up because I know winter and a whole lot of work is on it's way.