by Eric Aaland | Mar 20, 2011 | Aurion, Education, Events |
There has been much talk this 2011 spring about this being a record breaking flood year so I thought I would post a graph from our friends at NOAA. The Corp. of Engineers maintain a river gauge near the Lake City Marina, which is on Lake Pepin on the Minnesota side of...
by Eric Aaland | Jan 29, 2011 | Events |
Last weekend was the annual Minneapolis Boat Show, which we went to of course. And no, we did not buy another boat as some folks had feared. We did however get a chance to check out the new Catalina 355 though. I have to admit that it is indeed a very nice boat. We...
by Eric Aaland | Jan 21, 2011 | Events, Photos |
It is 57 degrees warmer in our refrigerator than it is outside as I sit here and write this this morning. BURR!!! Tomorrow however, will find us basking in the relative warmth of summer dreams at the annual Minneapolis Boat Show. Yea! We get to take a mid-winter...
by Eric Aaland | Nov 13, 2010 | Events, General, Videos |
I know I’m a few days late on this, but just thought these two videos should be seen. Living as we do near the big lake, and aspiring to one day sail there, these videos are sobering to say the least. The Edmund Fitzgerald went down the night of November 10th, 1975....
by Eric Aaland | Oct 24, 2010 | Events, Photos, Tall Ships |
Amelia’s photo of HMS Bounty is declared the winner of the Tall Ship Photo Contest! Amelia’s photo captures the majestic nature of tall ships beautifully. All of her photo’s were taken during the “Parade of Sail.” I would like to thank Amelia for her entries and look...
by Eric Aaland | Aug 21, 2010 | Events, Photos, Tall Ships |
I am pleased to announce that we have another contestant for the Tall Ship Photo Contest. These two photos come from the camera of Sarah Smith, nice work Sarah! rosewaybay Image 1 of 2 You may vote for one of these photos by denoting the number of the photo in a...