Impressions of Ely

Impressions of Ely

This article was originally published in the 2008-2009 Ely Winter Times.  2008 editor’s note: The following is a blog entry I stumbled on when I was Googling something else. Better written than 90% of the blogs I’ve read, it stuck with me. I joined the blogspot...
Day on a Dog Sled

Day on a Dog Sled

It’s 6:30 am on a January morning. Granite, the sled dog, pulls his tail away from his nose to look over the dog yard in hopes that his human is bringing soup. Chris, a dogsledding guide and Granite’s human for the season, has just arrived at the mushers’ shed and is...
No-Can Tater Tot Hotdish

No-Can Tater Tot Hotdish

No-Can Tater Tot Hotdish  Serves 9-12 (depending on hunger levels & how blustery it is outside) This recipe comes from Land of 10,000 Plates by Patrice Johnson, one of the featured books from our Books for Blizzards segment in the 2020-2021 Ely Winter Times....
Sled Dog Capitol of America — That’s Ely!

Sled Dog Capitol of America — That’s Ely!

This article was originally published in the 2009-2010 edition of the Ely Winter Times.    In 1970 a group of ambitious Ely citizens put together a winter event that was to become as big a draw in winter as the Blueberry Festival has become in summer. The booklet...