Ely, United States

... nbsp; We've now been living in Ely, Minnesota for almost two months and will move into our new home in two weeks.  Ely, Minnesota is a little town known as "The End of the Road", and also known for being an entry into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

The thing about winter anywhere in the world is that it's only as bad as you make it. You can moan and groan or just get out there and show it who's boss. It offers activities that you just couldn't do in other places. Take dog sledding for example. ...

It's been awhile but turns out we need to reopen the travelogue. Summer in Minnesota has been really good--the weather has been gorgeous, only a few weeks of extreme heat, otherwise pretty comfortable. It's been so awesome to not have to wear a jacket ...

... the Ely KOA Campground in one piece. Thursday - Our first stop of the day was the Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park. Ely was founded as a silver-mining camp where they had to smelt the rock to separate out the silver. To smelt the silver they ...