Getting ready for the Ely Winter Festival

I went with Ms. Terry for a couple more pictures in Ely.

Here I am with the first snow sculpture of the Ely Winter Festival. Nancy Scheibe carved it in front of her coffee and tea house called “The Front Porch.” Her business is also the headquarters for the Ely Winter Festival.

Artist Nancy Scheibe’s sculpture is made to look like the official pin for this years Snow Festival. Every year the Festival has a different pin.

You can learn more about the Ely Snow Festival on this web page: www.elywinterfestival.com

If you click on this link you can watch the carvers as they carve their snow sculptures:  http://www.elyminnesota.com/popup/popup-mobilecam.html

Here is another picture we took in Ely:

This mural is painted on a wall near Zup’s Grocery in Ely, MN. A man named Bob Cary painted this picture. That water looks so real. I would like to come back again in the summer time and ride in a canoe.