The candle light hike at Split Rock State Park was the final candle light event of the year. I am sad they are over...but it's probably good to stop heading out of town every other weekend on these winter trips. Hopefully now I'll have a little more time for art projects.

The candle light ski at Lake Kegonsa State park was a loop trail around a meadow so it was really pretty when you were about half way and could look back across at all the glowing lights marking the trail. I still don't have a tripod...so these are pretty blurry, but they capture the mood of the event pretty well. On the way home we got to stop by Devil's Lake where we had been canoeing last fall - now the lake is scattered with ice fishing huts.

The fog came in and it started to snow lightly on Saturday night before the Amery Candle Light Ski, which made the 2 mile trail through the woods especially cozy and a little spooky.

more pictures from our time at Itasca - including a visit to the famous headwaters of the Mississippi.

The lantern-lit trail at Itasca State Park was beautiful and cold (negative 10 cold!) I think that's the coldest ski I've been on ever. I hope to go on at least 2 more candle light events before the snow melts.