May 4 - Baxter/Brainerd, Minnesota to Ashland, Wisconsin -  Oh joy - pouring rain, 2 C - short drive today - we are really slowing down as only doing 180 miles - can't believe how wacked we are - the weather or just post vacation blues :)  Scenery just the usual for our area of the world so will concentrate on unusual - Sign "What a beautiful winter we're having this spring"

 1hour  west  of Duluth just spitting rain now but still cold - 1 C - lakes still ice covered, large snow patches beside highway and in bush - water level in streams, rivers and lakes high. Duluth area traces of the winter storm that hit a few days ago - snow on roofs, snow covered ground.  Between Superior and Ashland heavy fog that when lifts reveals - SNOW !!!!! - I mean accumulation - highway clear but several inches of snow on roadside, in the bush and on side roads.  Looks just like home when we left on Apr 3.

We left California for this!!!!!!

Apparently the Soo is OK - no snow and warmer but still having to go through this is really not so fun - actually had to dig out our coats and toques :(