I camped alone at Hay's Lake State Park adjoining Beltrami Island State Forest, one fall weekend, back in 1982. It was a campsite near the lake, apart from any other campers; I particularly enjoyed it because it offered tranquility and not social interaction. The lake's quiet vigil, its surround of stately spruce and pine trees, its separation from the protrusion of man-made light made the environment seem remote, almost wild, if I didn't dwell on the fact that many of the trees had been planted with a bulldozer pulling a team of tree planters in a roughly-armored tree planter, and the lake itself was man-made, by damming a portion of the North Fork of the Roseau River in 1971 or so. I visited it then too, before there was even water in the lake. I took those things in stride. I thought, here I am, about 35 miles from the Canadian border, and only 700 miles or so from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, where the polar bears roam, with a whole bunch of woods ... er, 'bu
And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for October 16, 2024, the forty-second Wednesday of the year, the fourth Wednesday of fall, the third Wednesday of October, and the two-hundred-ninetieth day of the year, with seventy-six days remaining. Wannaska Phenology Update for October 16, 2024 Tamarack Splendor Of all the autumn flora and fauna color changes in Wannaska, few compare to the emerging brilliant gold in a stand of Larix laricina . Our only native deciduous conifer in Wannaska (or in Minnesota), its soft needles and bend easily as you run your fingers across them. Most still have a greenish tinge, but they will soon be pure golden yellow — just before the needles fall. October 16 Fickle Pickle Wednesday Menu Special : Potato Dumpling October 16 Nordhem Wednesday Lunch : Updated daily, occasionally. Earth/Moon Almanac for October 16, 2024 Sunrise: 7:46am; Sunset: 6:32pm; 2 minutes, 27 seconds less daylight today Moonrise: 6:06pm; Moonset: 6:33am, waxing gibbou