Lace up your boots and walk through the Happy Hiker’s photostream.

You know, in case that suddenly a wild, winning lottery ticket ever appears.

Here are some things I could possibly spend it on.

Nice.

I’d buy out the neighbors and build a family compound full of houses like this.

Dream big or go home…or maybe both.

Artist’s Site.

Hat Tip: Buzz Poole

Go wade his photostream.

Also featured on today’s Michigan In Pictures.

I could have paddled a kayak and gone skating on the same lake, on the same day.

As it was, I just went skating.

GPS Stats:

14.5 mph max speed; / 23.3 kmph

Average speed 6.8 mph / 10.9 kmph

Perambulate around Detroit’s Campus Martius, circa 1907.

I mean, once you’ve gazed on sights like this, how can you ever remove the desire to return from your heart?

Check out Yooper1949’s Flickr set of Isle Royale images.

Looked like it was 3-4 inches thick from what I could see of the bubbles and fracture lines. The entire lake is mostly glass-clear except for some milky fissures and the thicker rim near shore. A little spooky because it’s been so warm. The lower lake is covered in ice so thin the wind  keeps breaking it up. The north lake froze and has stayed frozen a couple weeks now. I checked it last week and it was too feeble to even consider. Heavy rain a few days ago that has since re-froze gave it a nice glossy coat.

I got in a couple hours of good clean fun before dusk.

In the dim lighting I managed to shoot a photo and one occasionally shaky video. Didn’t think I’d press my luck after dark, alone, on untested ice. Looking forward to more, hoping for cold and no snow!

Click image for large version, or 22.5 MB video in WMV format is here.

Please feel free to ask any trueSpace or tutorial related questions.

It was a good long run, yet the race continues.

Thanks, Roman and the Caligari Team for a hell of a lot of fun.

Click image or here for large (500 k) size.

For you Celsius lovers, that works out to –11.11 degrees.

Invigorating!