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  • “From my point of view, this is the best time of the year. I don't love heat. I'm a winter guy.” - Alexander Lukashenko⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ He would have loved Antarctica. My first real job after college took me down to the place we lovingly referred to as, "The Ice".⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I applied this year but didn't get it. You never know how things are going to work out, it's funny that I got a position on my first attempt but in the last ten years I've tried again and again but to no avail. Perhaps it is a sign. Bad luck? Who knows!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ All I know is that sometimes, I am overwhelmed with thoughts or memories from days gone by. Lately, being next to the frozen Lake Superior, I was taken back to "The Ice". There's something powerful about watching wisps of snow whip across a frozen desert. Like staring at a fire, all you can do is let it take you in.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #livealittle #travel #todayruled #nikond700 #antarctica #bigboyjob #liveauthentic #wanderlust #explore #photography #itsamazingoutthere #traveldeeper #wearealladventurers #isthisreallife #roadtripping #notjustatourist #travelgram #instatraveling #serendipitystrikesagain
  • “Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.” – Euripedes⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Stare at ice. Get lost in it. Consider everything." - Me⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #superiorhikingtrail #minnesotaexposure #findyourspurtrail #onlyinmn #thisismymn #nikonD850 #moodyinminnesota #winterpics #visuallyobsessed #treatyoself #lakesuperior #frozenwater #winteraintbad #itsamazingoutthere #almostasunset
  • “In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I also found that the hot tub helped greatly. There was no better way to end the day than sitting here. Whether it was dark, windy and snowing or bright & sunny like it was this day, it was a feel good place. I have to make sure it doesn't take me another two years to find one again!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Huge shoutout to #bluefinbay for letting me use the shower and pool one more time even though I had checked out that morning. It made all the difference for my day!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #superiorhikingtrail #minnesotaexposure #findyourspurtrail #onlyinmn #thisismymn #nikonD850 #selfportrait #moodyinminnesota #winterpics #visuallyobsessed #treatyoself #lakesuperior #frozenwater #winteraintbad #itsamazingoutthere #almostasunset #outdoorhottub #lakeside #greatview
  • “And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.” - Roy Bean . . . . . . #superiorhikingtrail #keepthenorthcold #minnesotaexposure #findyourspurtrail #onlyinmn #icecave #thisismymn #nikonD850 #selfportrait #moodyinminnesota #winterpics #visuallyobsessed #treatyoself #lakesuperior #frozenwater #winteraintbad #itsamazingoutthere #almostasunset
  • “You can't tame a lion with candy. Destiny is stronger than imagination.“ - Alex Hai?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Am I a lion? Or am I candy? Does it really matter?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you found your destiny yet?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #superiorhikingtrail #minnesotaexposure #findyourspurtrail #onlyinmn #thisismymn #icecave #nikonD850 #selfportrait #moodyinminnesota #winterpics #visuallyobsessed #treatyoself #lakesuperior #frozenwater #winteraintbad
  • The day before I had failed. It was cloudy and I was tired and I just didn't want to get up. Maybe tomorrow will be better.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And it was. I awoke to the alarm, the plan to catch sunrise and make images. Mornings are the worst and I did not feel like it. But when I looked out the window and saw it coming, I couldn't put pants on fast enough. Partially because pants involved under layers and and mid layers and over layers...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But sunrise was worth waking up for. In fact it probably always is. I don't know if I'll ever be the kind of person that wakes up for it every day, as I'm more likely to stay up till it comes. Whatever method you choose, make it a part of your day.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When is the last time you got up and out just to enjoy the sunrise?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Image inspired by friend and photographer - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @rebekahjoymorley⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #superiorhikingtrail #findyourspurtrail #minnesotaexposure #onlyinmn #frozensolid #nikonD850 #sunrise #moodyinminnesota #winterpics #visuallyobsessed #treatyoself #lakesuperior #frozenwater

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