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What a great way to spend a winter day in the Keweenaw -- skiing, snowshoeing or snowmobiling into the bush and making a campfire. Looks like Roger Kangas was able to get in on the fun with this group. Makes me think about grabbing the fixin's for S'mores, makin' some hot chocolate, and strappin' on the snowshoes for a trek in the bush and a campfire of my own. I think I'll take along a pair of those goggles, like the kid on the right, in case the smoke gets in my eyes!

Boy Scouts?

Good idea burning the snow, but what do you do with all the ashes ?

This is a fun picture. Reminds me of my Boy Scout days and winter camping in Oscoda State park. After 30+ years living here in Brazil, I've lost some of the courage I had back then to survival camp in the winter. Now it's just nice to look at the pictures on this web site and dream!

That's one big marshmallow on that stick!

Hmmmmmmmm, could that be a snow ball marshmallow? Something new? Cute picture.

Brings back fond Copper Country memories of us kids putting on the snowshoes, trekking through the snow back into the woods on a nice snowy, sunny day, making a small bonfire like that, and toasting marshmallows. It was such a delight to enjoy the beautiful country we lived in. I guess we didn't realize we had it so good. It's nice to know there are still kids in this day and age who know how to make their own good, clean fun! Unfortuntely, that is getting rarer all the time. In the picture they look so happy and sweet with their smiles and rosy cheeks! How precious!

Just looked back over the week and I have to compliment! A week of especially great shots of life in the UP.

Hey does the kid 2nd from the left know not to eat yellow snow? Haha! Those young guys are making great memories... maybe they'll be posting this "remember when" on Pasty.com in about 10 years!

Wow! Did this many times in my Copper Country youth days. One thing I remember is how cold smokey you were once you put the fire out.

Dave.

very cool

johan from holland

This was our annual fire in Grandpa's pines. The boys wore their ski goggles in the sled behind the snowmobile, but i guess they served a dual purpose keeping smoke out of the eyes! We had a thermos filled with hot chocolate, a bag of cookies, but no marshmallows! (I think they had just as much fun roasting snowmallows - they even turn brown)

Yooper Scouts!!!

Reminds me of when I used to cut the cedar at Bete Gris with my step-dad. We'd have a fire like this to warm up the sandwiches and keep the saw warm, and the smoke would always find you, no matter which side of it you went to. One time the snow melted away from under the old McCulloch and we got to go home early that day, after we put out the saw. It had rolled on top of the fire. :>)
Sure are some neat kids! They will have some great memories. Thanks, Roger.

Hei, T.C. MI, the snow UP here burns so clean that the ashes go up with the smoke.

So few posts today! I guess everyone has been out enjoying the nice weather up here and elsewhere.

Great picture! Like David and others said, this reminds me of my Boy Scout days. I was in Troop 309 out of Marquette. All the scouts in the UP used to have a Winter Jamboree, and one of the timed events was to see how fast a team of scouts could build a fire in the snow and turn a bucket of snow into boiling water. I have some great memories of those days, and this picture helped bring back the good 'ole days.

I've just come in from about 2 1/2 hours of sitting in the snow (on a dry chair), watching the fire dance over all the logs burning in my fire ring in the back yard. The temperature is 35 degrees. I had been thinking that this wuld be a nice thing to do before the snow left Apple Valley but I hadn't done anything about it until today's photo. I don't know why I hadn't. I do this in the fall at 35 degrees. It was very enjoyable. Thanks for the push.

(Sun. Feb. 29th) Hope many can catch the segment on the Nimrods of Watersmeet on CBS Sunday Morning before 10:30 this AM. (I don't even know who the Nimrods are, but I'm interested)

Remember doing that same thing each winter; go into the cedars of a swamp(no wind)and roast hotdogs over the open fire.

My husband turns 10 years old today (40yrs.old)He was born on leap year. I surprised him with a surprise birthday party last night. He was surprised!