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I declare it is spring!
Mar 20th, 2014 at 9:23pm
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Went for a 3 hour paddle today.  No ice on the river but some snow on the shores.  Lots of migratory birds.  There is a bird that looks like a loon but has a different shaped head.  They would not let me get close enough to get a good look. I paddled up along side of a coyote that must have been sleeping in a sunny spot.  He jumped up and took off from about 30 feet from me. Never fear summer will arrive soon.
  
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Reply #1 - Mar 20th, 2014 at 10:40pm
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Magic,

If that bird "waddled" away, it might just be a Minnesota penguin on spring break trying to escape our cold.

Won't be much paddling going on around these parts for many weeks.  Enjoy your spring down south, y'all!

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Reply #2 - Mar 21st, 2014 at 3:01pm
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It's suppose to reach the high 50's today here but overnight it had to leave a light coating of snow. It's already burned off. I'm planning a 2nd paddle for today. But I'm thinking another slow warming spring, much like last year's.
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 21st, 2014 at 4:06pm
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Had to mow the yard last weekend.

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Reply #4 - Mar 21st, 2014 at 6:13pm
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Reply #5 - Mar 21st, 2014 at 11:27pm
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Went for another paddle today.  Got a couple of pictures of sandhill cranes.  It was good to get out.  Weather is going to turn cold for a few days so I got my 2 days in.
  
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Reply #6 - Mar 21st, 2014 at 11:53pm
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In the bulls'eye for snow totals this recent storm...8+ inches wet, heavy snow.  Now clearing and getting colder at 7:00 pm. Tongue
  
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Reply #7 - Mar 22nd, 2014 at 12:13am
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Reply #8 - Mar 22nd, 2014 at 12:31pm
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Today...-8 degrees at 7:00 am  Sad
  
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Reply #9 - Mar 22nd, 2014 at 1:15pm
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It may be spring somewhere....just not here in NE MN.....it will be a couple of weeks, say 12 or so, before anyone goes paddling in canoe country's south side....north of the border I would give it 15. Silver Lake in Virginia MN is beginning to open back up......problem is though it "normally" never freezes (due to the PUC plant) if that gives you a hint as to how cold it has been. Ice fishing for opener, open shorelines by Memorial Day, 55 degree water temps by mid-June.......I hope I am wrong
  
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