Thursday, May 5, 2022

Going back... Jerry Mercier

With temperatures in the 50s the ice shoves along the shore of Lake Superior weren't going to last long.

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I was hoping for some better photos so I wore chest waders this time and went back before it all melted.


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I spent the next hour kneeling in shallow water along the shore of the Chequamegon Bay.


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At times I had to break through ice sheets an inch thick so I could get to the spots I wanted.


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The point being. The water was really cold.


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At one point I stopped to warm my hands, looked over and an adult beaver was in the water only 4 feet away from me. I said 'hey' and it just looked at me before swimming off.


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The beaver didn't seem bothered the water temperature at all. But I was getting cold.


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So I made a few more images just after sunset and called it a night. 


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