Grand Marais on Lake Superior

Dec 23, 2015,18:13 PM
 

a picture from this summer's vacation -- it's beautiful but the lake is deceptive, it's always so cold that it's unbearable to swim, even in the middle of the summer.  the little waves are from me skipping rocks wink






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Where is it? [nt]

 
 By: amanico : December 23rd, 2015-22:18

Minnesota

 
 By: Ir77 : December 24th, 2015-08:54
Grand Marais is a very small town on the northern tip of state of Minnesota on the shores of Lake Superior. Google Maps view here .

Yes, the water is very cold...

 
 By: cshimokita : December 23rd, 2015-23:05
Grand Marais MI or MN? When I was much younger I swam in Lake Superior and agree with you that it's very cold.... Pick a hot summer day and have a blanket on the shore. I am from that part of the world and spent quite a bit of time in Wisconsin, U.P., Min... 

This is in MN

 
 By: Ir77 : December 24th, 2015-08:58
before i moved to minneapolis a few years ago i watched an andrew zimmern show where he did an adventure around MN and two years ago my wife and i made a similar journey, incidentally it's becoming a sort of a yearly tradition since we went two in a row n... 

Talk about cold...

 
 By: cshimokita : December 24th, 2015-14:10
While at UW Madison [ I think it was 1971 ] I remember driving up to watch our [ice] hockey team play the University of Minnesota... unfortunately our car's heater was broken. It was much colder than Lake Superior... I think I am still trying to warm up. ... 

A great shot.

 
 By: Bill : December 24th, 2015-03:17
I would have thought more humid and swamp like from the picture rather than cold Lake Superior. Bravo Bill

fog...

 
 By: Ir77 : December 24th, 2015-08:55
it was very hazy/foggy that day, but this is from ~July 4th this year. I don't think the temperatures got above 60F (15C) the few days that we were there.