My friend, Amanda, made some kind of a comment about how I’m fun and I always come up with these great ideas of things to do. What Amanda doesn’t realize is that she hears all of these great ideas because she is usually the person I am with while going through a massive hangover. What I am saying is that Amanda often hears a lot more nonsensical jibber jabber than good ideas, but doesn’t really realize it because she is also experiencing a massive hangover.

Sunday, I decided to carry through with one of my splendid hangover-conceived ideas: snow angels! “We have to make snow angels on the way back, after we take off our snowshoes,” I remarked as we began our journey across the frozen Copper Harbor towards the gap. The gap is the little bit of water between Porter’s Island and Hunter’s Point – two land masses dividing the harbor from Lake Superior. We ventured across the ice to the snow mountains formed within the gap by waves carrying ice and snow toward the harbor. It was a pretty neat experience, and my first experience walking on a frozen body of water.

I also found it amusing that we were the official dog walkers for the ladies of the Harbor, as well. Not only did Amanda and I bring her dog, Duce (as in deuce, like dropping one), but we also took with us Tiki and Eos…I think those are the names, and I’m not sure about the spellings.

Tiki was a pretty interesing dog with some sort of snow complex. She would stare at our feet as we walked, hoping we would kick snow up in the air. When snow went flying, so did she:

On our return to land, Amanda and I removed our snowshoes and lay on the harbor ice to make some beautiful snow angels. I can tell you that they are like none you have ever seen. They were simply amazing! Unfortunately, they were destroyed seconds later by prancing pups, so proof of their splendor could not be obtained.