I am CuTRis

We recently spent a couple of hours (on a hot day) at the Harriet Alexander Nature Center . Here are a few pictures I took.

In case your giant gets dirty...

Cutris Photo in Question July 26, 2010 UnAssociated press The previously released photo of Cutris , obeying the law may have been a fake! This new photo has arisen, showing Cutris disobeying the sign! In light of his history of disobeying rules , it seems quite likely that Cutris was running 88 miles-per-hour rather than 28. But wouldn't that make Cutris the fastest land mammal on Earth? Such speed would mean Cutris can run faster than a cheetah!

Cutris' Wife Disobeys Sign! UnAssociated Press July 17, 2010 Cutris' wife was photographed riding her bicycle through a detour that had a sign that clearly said, "walk your bike." This brings up the question if she willingly disobeyed, or if Cutris is simply a bad influence . One can only guess, as Cutris was recently photographed actually obeying a sign !

We live near Lake Phalen . Often when it is mentioned in the news, it has something to do with some criminal activity. Most of the time, this is a beautiful place. Checkout the photos I took there recently.

Cutris Obeys Laws! UnAssociated Press July 9, 2010 Cutris has brought to our attention, this sign that shows he is obeying the sign, and the speed limit! He is disputing the information about him from July 6th.

We hiked at the Black Dog Preserve . It was really overgrown, maybe due to all the rain we've had. The wildflowers were spectacular! Here's a tiny sample...

There are many stories about accelerator pedal problems on automobiles these days. I actually had this happen when I was on the Gunflint Trail with my 2008 Ford Fusion. Traveling at 45mph, I had to stop and my car did not throttle down! I didn't realize what was happening at first. After I shifted it in neutral, the car worked fine, and has continued to work fine ever since. In fact, my trip to the dealer turned up nothing out-of-the-ordinary. We could not get the car to recreate the incident on the Gunflint Trail. Perhaps we have too much automation on our vehicles. The old style cable that controlled the throttle may have been better than pressing a pedal and hoping all of the electronic components do what you want them to. At any rate, I wanted to document this problem on my blog so I don't end up like Koua Fong Lee , who has spent three (of eight) years in prison for a crash that led to three deaths in 2006. I don't believe he was responsible. I think the car did not s...

Cutris Climbs on Tugboat UnAssociated Press July 6, 2010 Once again, Cutris has been photographed disobeying rules . This time he was blatantly climbing on a tugboat with a sign that says not to climb on the tugboat!

My $10 Wal*mart grill I got (about) four years ago has made so much good food! Almost immediately after buying it, one of its legs fell off, but I drilled a hole and put a small bolt and nut in and it has held together since then! I think I got my money's worth! Here are pictures of the grill and some of what I made this past week... My $10 Grill Wild Caught Sockeye Salmon BBQ Chicken

I hope you enjoyed Independence Day ! I took this video last night.

Many things about our Gunflint Trail trip were rather strange. One was a sign I saw while driving. It said, "Stop here for gas, food, clean toilets!" Now I can understand stopping for gas and food, but why would I stop to clean toilets? In another case, a sign said, "drinking water toilet." Personally, I would rather not get my drinking water from a toilet! Finally, take a look at the "moose viewing platform," that was at the "moose viewing area." I would like to make it clear, that though we hiked out to this platform, there were not any moose on it! I think that this is false advertising! We saw our two moose on the way back from the moose viewing area.

Dragonfly I sat in the canoe fishing, trying to get a movie of this dragonfly. This was the best shot. Red Fox This fox looked like it lived on handouts and was ready to jump in the car! This was at the end of the Gunflint Trail. The Devil's Kettle See how the Brule River splits and the left side goes down a hole in the rock.

We picked wild mulberries and raspberries today!

Mon. June 21st We drove to Two Harbors for gas and lunch. We stopped once along Lake Superior at a rest stop. We bought minnows at Buck’s Hardware in Grand Marais. We drove to Clearwater Lodge 26 miles up the Gunflint trail (and 4 miles on 22) and checked into cabin 3. We picked up a canoe and brought it to our cabin and fished off the dock. My wife caught a small, smallmouth bass that we released. The fishing was pretty bad the entire trip. Tues. June 22nd At 7:00AM we went to the moose viewing area on the Gunflint Trail. There were no moose there on the “moose viewing platform,” but we saw two moose from the road near our cabin on the way back. We fished from the canoe until it rained and then from the dock. By the time we went hiking up (90 steps) Honeymoon Bluff, the sun was out and it got hot. The view was great. Then we took the canoe out fishing and then grilled chicken. A bear “attacked” our empty garbage can outside the cabin over night. Wed. June 23rd I retrieved the garbage ...

Today we go to Devil's Kettle Falls .

We just got back from the Gunflint Trail . We stayed at Clearwater Lodge , in Cabin 3. There was no cell phone service or TV. Our only contact with the outside world was a (Thunder Bay) Canadian radio station called, The Giant . Currently, we are in Grand Marais , Minnesota. We are staying at Nelson's Travelers Rest . It is a nice cabin, but don't believe the part about the "view of" Lake Superior . It's back there somewhere, but I can't see it from our cabin...

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We like our lakes in Minnesota. Here are a couple of recent pictures. We saw this Green Heron at Lake Phalen. The Canada Geese are growing up fast! Did I mention that my wife doesn't like her picture on the WWW? Don't tell her! This Northern Pike she caught today, was 27.5 inches and weighed 4.5 pounds. I can't tell you what lake it came from. You might go there. There are enough people fishing there already!

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