At the conclusion of a nice relaxing photo safari on the North Shore, we were met by a large thunderstorm, complete with icy cold rain, Sunday morning in Silver Bay. The usual weather patterns in Minnesota push weather towards the east, but on this particular day, the strom tracked nearly dead south following us down US 61 towards Duluth. By the time we got to Two Harbors were we a ways ahead of the thunderstorm, so we stoped along Lake Superior to skip some stones and to grab a few photos.

After about 20 minutes the skies turned gray, the wind started to pick up and the temperature dropped quickly. Looking out to the north you can see the leading edge of the thunderstorm approaching, and it is also jetting out across the lake. Just a few minutes after taking this shot we were blanketed in ice cold rain and a stiff wind.