We drove north over 350 miles today, from Clear Lake, IA to Dilworth, MN.  The roads were clear all day, but not long after entering  Minnesota, there was snow throughout the landscape.

 Many of the ponds and lakes were frozen as well. In some of the open water, we saw our first swans of the year.

It started raining north of Minneapolis, with the precipitation turning to snow as we continued north.  When we got to our VRBO we moved a bit of snow from the sidewalk, but we suspect the chicken blind will be easy enough to reach in boots.

Tomorrow we will check out the blind in the afternoon after the birds are gone for the day.  Before the snow, people were seeing both Greater Prairie Chickens AND Sharp-tailed Grouse performing on the Bluestem Prairie lek.  How exciting!  Hopefully on Sunday morning we will get a good showing and maybe even some decent photos.