I guess since it is technically still spring, the ridiculous incessant rain might be expected. Wet wet and wet. But also green, very green, and every creek and river at capacity. I use to surf, when the wind managed to blow from the same direction for more than 2 hours at a time. Seems like, that with each of these low pressure systems, comes swirling winds, from one extreme to the next. But,whatever, life is pretty dam sweet none the less. Turn the volume on and listen to the river gurgle as this beaut catches his breath.


Oh man, what a sandwich...epiclly delicious...
gets your mojo going at those critical times.

Looking very stoic here, after getting out of the canoe.


Read about Biogas in Sweden over at Wend . Do your business, drive your car. I typically prefer bikes...but this...i like this. Check it.

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photo's and vid By Eric Berglund 

80mm of rain on friday...flash flooding, roads washing out, rivers and creeks higher that many people have ever seen. Thought we'd score some waves on saturday morning...lugged the 10' longboard 2.3km into the promising beach...and...nothing..stupidity and optimism on my part. Ditched the board, while Nance and i walked Lutsen just over 8km's. What a trooper. I could have been bummed about not getting waves, but it was too darn nice out. Anyways, hope somebody got some, somewhere.

Current River running high on Friday evening.

Lutsen at the beginning of his power marathon weekend.


N. on lookout


Miniature canyon


Flow

photo's By: Eric Berglund

Lutsen takes his first strokes in open water on June 1st (11 weeks old).  
Laker release


Seems like ye ole steelhead season has come to an unofficial close....ie the 12, 14 hour missions will cease, although the pictures may not. Perhaps an evening jaunt close to town, but that's about it for steel and obviously some wild brook trout to be pursued. Only a few chromers on the weekend, but a pile of lake trout. Collected some ferns and various other wild plants for the garden on saturday morning.. garden is primed...searching out morels, with minimal luck thus far and digging this season called spring.
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e

photo/video clip By: Eric Berglund

Pelicans on Lake Superior.




The usual shenanigans. Finally warming up in these parts. Another weekend of steel on tap, before those rockets start rushing back to the lake. Garden is going in, painting Nance's bike to look something like a watermelon and Lutsen took a partial swim on our walk this evening.
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photos By: Eric Berglund

Cold hard steel


photo By: Eric Berglund

The all new dog-blog!! Just kidding...but the little dude is pretty rad. Signs of spring are finally here in full force, including, steelhead, budding plants, birds, bugs, late evening sunlight and no surf.

Here's Nance and Lutsen (9 weeks and 3 days and 8.7lbs)
out for a walk earlier this evening.

Lutsen chilling out..a rare occurrence

Riveside plant life

Rainbow

photos By: Eric Berglund

Dogs and fish, fish and dogs. Brent made it up for a wicked weekend of steelheading and some of the best sucker fishing we have ever gotten into. Chrome, more chrome and a little more chrome....and one 20" whitefish (now smoked to perfection). Mean while, back at the ranch, Nance was gardening up a storm and looking after little piss and vinegar (Lutsen) himself. May long weekend here in north-western Ontario equates foul, messed up weather including snow/hail one minute and 30mph winds and sun the next....and plenty of good times.

pic's By: Eric Berglund (except the shot of e. with a hand full of chrome, in which case Scott Parker can take credit.

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e.

Let the bombardment begin. Picked up Lutsen our new 8 week old male Boykin Spaniel from the airport down in Minneapolis on saturday night. The little dude made his way from Arkansas and was full of energy straight out of his kennel. Bold and curious for a pup his size. Back in the Bay and he is settling in and wreaking all the havoc....of the puppy kind.

Mini hiatus on the steelhead front, but only because we went all urban this past weekend and weren't going to get on the rivers being down in the Twin Cities and all. Plenty of days on the water on tap for the next little while...that is; between keeping and eye on this little guy. Retrieving tennis balls like its going out of style. 



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e

photo's by: Eric Berglund

No new surf shots of late...mostly because it tis the season of diminished waves here on the lake; although the boys did manage a session or two last weekend while i was in the Peg. Focus is on steelhead, being outside, garden, and the new pup showing up on Saturday. I'm sure there will be a plethora of gratuitous puppy photo's in the days and weeks to come....along with a whole lot more steel.
Light Art

A rosy bullet from this evenings outing.



photos By: Eric Berglund

enough said...have a smokin good day.


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e
lighting on photo1 By: t-money, shutter action By: = 'the fat kid', Michael Jordan
second photo By: Eric Berglund