Spring Break

Though it didn't exactly feel like spring because of the snow.  There were a few sunny, warmer days during break.  My friend Zack and I hiked Dead River Falls on a beautiful clear sunny day.  We hiked to the end of the trail having a great time the whole way.

Nature-Human

22 years of Life on Mother Earth

My 22nd birthday fell on a Friday this year.  What a perfect time for my cousin Jordan to come visit!!  There is a place about 30 minutes from Marquette named the Eben Ice Caves where I planned on taking Jordan.  After a week of cloudy, overcast, cold days the Sun King decided to come out and celebrate with us, it was so beautiful and I was so lucky to have a warmer than usual, sunny birthday.  The Eben Ice Caves as you will see, are awesome Ice formations, and they aren't exactly caves but you can go behind the ice, giving it an enclosed feel.  To get to the caves you have to cross this big open field and walk through a forest.  Once you reach the caves the sight is breathtaking!  On this day, so much energy was being absorbed by the ice semi-melting and released by Jordan and I, it was so spiritual.  The caves are definitely a sight worth seeing when visiting the Yoop, and I bet they are magical during the summer.  

Imagine laying in this field on a clear, starry night.  !!!!!!

And the forest will echo with laughter.  As we were walking through the forest, we stopped and listened to the trees moving  with the breeze.  It was such a magical sound and we felt so connected with the tree and wind spirits.  We were visitors of the forest lucky enough to experience their song.

I had never seen a birch tree that shed gold...

 The next day, we explored the snowy, icy Dead River Falls.

Northern Snowfall

On the second week of school we had two "cold days" because temps dropped below 0C (the lowest temp we had was -17F, -28F with the wind chill).  A week after, we got our first great snowfall, and another snow day haha.  When the temperature rose to at least above 10F, I went for my first snowy hike here in Marquette.  It was absolutely beautiful.  The way the snow falls on the trees is magical.  The forest is quiet except for when the wind tickles their branches shaking off dusts of snow which shimmer in the light.  The world is in a subconscious state under a soft blanket of snow and ice, and no picture can capture it's true brilliance.