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Winter Port-al: Thought we start off this week with a glam shot of the Paul R. Tregurtha – longest laker on the Great Lakes at 1,013 feet – wintering at the Duluth Seaway Port Terminal with the full “snow” moon rising in the distance. We call this the “blue hour” around the Big Lake, Thanks to the father-son photo maritime and railroad team of David and Gus Schauer (who have a classy new watermark in the upper left!).
How the U.P. Does a Gold Medal Homecoming:You gotta love a guy who brings his black lab to a hometown celebration of his Olympic gold-winning performance. Snowboarder Nick Baumgartner came home to Iron River, Mich., with a police escort from Iron Mountain to Iron River, plus a parade and a gymnasium filled with cheering supporters. The 40-year-old has been to the Olympics four times and received similar receptions, notes Jerry Deroche of the Iron Mountain Daily News, but this time, Nick brought home the gold, earned with partner Lindsey Jacobellis in the mixed snowboardcross competition. It was a sweet comeback after he was eliminated from individual competition in the quarterfinals, when he vowed to keep going and referred to all the support back home. Back in the U.P. on Monday, as Jerry writes, it was Valentine’s Day and, there was a lot of love in the air. Krist Oil posted a video with Nick’s return and others posted Jason Asselin’s video showing the police escort through Iron Mountain. He drove his pickup – with pooch – into town with the words “Once a Wykon, Always a Wykon” on the back window (a reference to the West Iron County Public Schools mascot). After parking, Nick walked along the street of his hometown, shaking hands and greeting those who had gathered before heading into the high school for an emotional talk. Forest Park School District posted this great image, which the Iron County Reporter helped to capture. It was a different kind of emotion that fueled an NBC Olympics video when they asked Nick to do his impression of actor/comedian Will Ferrell; many viewers insisted the two look alike. Nick gamely read from Anchorman, Elf and other Ferrell films.
Great Lake, Big Secret?: Move over Upper Peninsula … apparently you are not the only forgotten location on Lake Superior. We’ve reported before about how time and again, the Upper Peninsula
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