Rainy Lake Ice Road

Rainy Lake Ice Road

Voyageurs National Park, MN

March 2, 2013

We traveled to the far north to play in snow and to drive on the Rainy Lake Ice Road:

Islands:

Looking out the van door to see a crack in the ice:

Parked in the middle of the lake for some winter exploring:

The girls are excited to get out and play:

Egypt was so excited to go sledding (this was her first time). I left Kellisa in the van because Egypt couldn't wait:

After a little sledding with Egypt, I got Kellisa ready and into her Wike. I then pushed Kellisa and pulled Egypt:

Sun setting:

I used the GPS to route our way back to the hotel while we were still on the ice and took this cool picture:

Just before driving back on land, I saw the Voyageurs National Park sign for the customary pictures (Egypt was a little chilled):

Voyageurs National Park and Run on Water Trip Totals:

Miles Walked:      6.58

                                  2.38 (Voyageurs)

                                  4.2 (Run on Water)

Miles Driven:        1,166 

                                  280 Jax - Orlando (RT)

                                  886 MN and WI 

Flight Segments:   2 (Orlando - Minneapolis - Orlando)

Air Miles:              2,620

High Point

Kellisa's 15th State Highpoint

High Point, NJ

1,803ft.

December 2009

The highpoint monument:

Summit rocks:

After New Jersey, we were hoping to close out 2009 with the highpoints of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. However, the North American Blizzard of 2009 altered our plans.

Shortly after leaving High Point, NJ, the snow started to fall:

The next morning we found the road to the summit of Pennsylvania impossible to drive due to snow:

We were close, so we decided to stop at the Flight 93 National Memorial:

The flag above marks the impact site.

Not able to make all the planned highpoints because we were in the middle of a historic snowstorm, we decided to buy a sled at a small hardware store to have some fun in the snow:

We drove back to Jacksonville because of all the cancelled flights (we didn't want to miss Christmas):