It looks like I've done 50 miles of trail since I started this blog, so that's a good start given the temps this winter. Yesterday, it was 60 degrees here, but the Polar Vortex is back and now it's 10 and will be 0 tonight, so I'm glad I got out yesterday.
Current temperature in Grand Marais, MN, near the northern end of the trail is -26, not counting wind chill from a 20 mph wind. Ugh. Extreme wind chills have shut down much of MN today.
I definitely don't miss the cold or darkness of Minnesota winters. In northern Minnesota, there are more than 15 hours of daylight during the longest days of summer, but only about 8 during the shortest days of winter. Long daylight hours in the summer means lots of time to cover miles, but the sun will come up around 5 a.m., so I'll have to get up early if I want to see many sunrises from the trail.
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