end of the tunnel

"The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is." --Joss Whedon

with the year rushing to a close time on the lake is still enjoyable and warm temps let me paddle both Christmas day and yesterday. a second tunnel is now large enough to slide through, carved out of the sandstone like the north side of devil's island in the apostles on lake superior. if you are paddling and the lake shoreline looks calm though watch closely because it is probably ice and the unaware paddler will end up stuck in the middle... i know.

it's tough trying to be a hero, but maybe with a lot more work... sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of a train...