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POAP 1273919 at SPS Kubb Tournament 2021.

Wooden kubb game set on a grass lawn with trees in background, featuring the SPS logo in blue
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Had my mini studio setup today to present at the MnTech CIO Forum: Straight talk on emerging technologies event. Green screen, mic, key light improve things a lot!

Home office desk with laptop, external monitor, microphone, and key light beside a green screen curtain and colorful pop-art painting
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POAP 1221503 at CIO Forum: Straight talk on emerging technologies.

CIO Peer Forum logo on blue circle with hand-touching-network icon and date September 14 2021 7:30 AM
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Final stop Up North at the Great! Lakes Candy Company and then on our way home!

Three people posing on the front steps of Great Lakes Candy Kitchen, a white and red storefront surrounded by sunflowers and greenery.Directional sign post outside Great Lakes Candy Kitchen listing distances to towns along Minnesota's North Shore up to Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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Stopped at Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors for the first time this morning. Delicious pour over coffee and a great breakfast burrito. We will be back!

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Sunrise on Lake Superior. I always find it surprising how fast the sunrise happens. There are just moments from when you see that first glimpse of the corona peering over the horizon until it is fully in view.

Sunrise over Lake Superior seen through silhouetted pine trees, with pink and orange clouds scattered across a blue sky Sun rising over Lake Superior seen through silhouetted pine trees, sky streaked with pink and blue clouds at dawn. Sun rising over Lake Superior framed by silhouetted pine trees, with purple and pink clouds streaking the early morning sky. Sunrise over Lake Superior seen through silhouetted pine trees, with vivid orange and purple clouds across a blue sky.

Before that sequence the sky was filled with these tremendous reds.

Silhouettes of pine trees against a deep red and purple pre-sunrise sky over Lake Superior
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North Shore Log

Weather: Still a lot of warmth. Morning was very windy. Sunny and warm in afternoon. Cooled down at night.

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Campfire and S’mores tonight on the North Shore.

Three people roasting marshmallows over a fire pit at night outside a cabin with string lights
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Gooseberry Falls

We visited Gooseberry Falls today. We have had extreme draught conditions and the falls have been greatly impacted. The Lower Falls are completely dry. It was rather shocking to see. I renamed it Mini Gooseberry Falls this year.

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We visited Sugarloaf Cove for the first time today. It has a nice loop hike and a fun shoreline. There is a trail that goes out to the point as well. I enjoyed hiking through the Red Pine Forest.

Three people posing playfully on a dirt trail in a Red Pine forest, sunlight filtering through tall slender trunks.Rocky shoreline at Sugarloaf Cove with calm teal water, a small tree-covered island in the distance, and autumn foliage on the right.People walking along a rocky Lake Superior shoreline at Sugarloaf Cove, with pine trees lining the water's edge.