I headed up north late last night to go and check out the aurora’s or northern lights. The cloud cover was the main problem and just after 10:00 PM the cloud cover started to part and clear out for central Minnesota and northern Minnesota and the chase was on.
The plan was to just head north towards Brainerd, MN but the clouds started to move back in and I kept heading north of Gull Lake and then ended up even further north to near Leech Lake, MN. I was finally able to get into the clear air to watch the Auroras for about a half hour before the clouds moved in.
Why so far to see the strange lights in the sky? The last time I saw the lights was back in October of 2006. Yes that is correct, it has been over three and a half year’s since there has been a decent northern lights setup that I was in town for and where the sky was clear enough to see them.




