By Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Friday, March 13, 2009 - 06:04 am:
Crego Lake is on the eastern end of the U.P., in Chippewa County and that's where today's group of ladies gathered for an adventure in the woods, snowshoeing and skiing around the cabin they stayed at for 4 days. Brenda Leigh was part of this group and recorded their trials and tribulations on film for us to see. Actually, she didn't share any photos of the trials, but did share a story about trying to make coffee one morning, when the temperature had dipped below zero ....
"The coldest night there was -15 below. In fact we had trouble with the propane line the following morning, as it was freezing up. Can you imagine eight women without coffee? I think we lit the pilot lights on that darn stove nine times before it would finally stay on so we could perk that big pot of coffee."
The pictures tell the rest of the story of how these women enjoyed snowshoeing to make a trail out to an island on the Lake, then headed back out another time on skis to make a bonfire and enjoy the day. If you look closely at the third picture, you can spot the skiers ahead of the camera, near the base of the tree-line, as they were making their way back to camp. Of course the best part about getting back to camp was firing up the sauna and sweating off the winter chill from their adventures in the great U.P. outdoors!
