Until July 15th or until the lake levels have decreased there is a no-wake zone 300 feet from the shoreline. The new rule is for the following lakes; Brophy, Burgen, Carlos, Cowdry, ...
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KARE11 has aerial footage of some of the damage from Thursday's storm. The aerial video shows the east end of Lake Darling's Casa Marina Lane and the southern end Casa Marina Road ...
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I've been around the Common Loon for a long time but learned something new about them this week. At the beginning of summers, I will often see Loon babies with their parents ...
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It was a tough week to be in Minnesota unless you really love sub-zero weather, bad driving conditions, and shoveling snow. I don't mind any of it and the Winter Classic was ...
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Throughout summers in Alexandria I record videos of lakes for my archive so I am ready to share with visitors to my web-site, alexmn.com. When the weather turns cold in Alexandria I ...
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East of the Carlos-Darling channel there are only twelve homes with Carlos Darling Drive addresses. Eight facing Lake Carlos and four facing Lake Darling. As you will see in the video below ...
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It has been another beautiful day in Alexandria, Minnesota. The photo below was taken about 20 minutes ago and shows a little bit of Big Darling, all of Little Darling, and glimpses ...
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In the market for a lake home in Alexandria on its Chain of Lakes? Check out this lake home that will be available for showings starting this Friday. It is in the ...
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A friend of mine is an owner of a property at Lake Darling's Browns Point and had family from Texas visiting earlier this week. She loves aerial photos and videos so I ...
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Normally at this time of year the Legacy of the Lakes Museum would have had classic boat lovers having a great time at Arrowwood Resort at their classic boat show. These aren't ...
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Another windy day in paradise. While windy days put a kink into my paddleboarding routine I usually enjoy them. But this has been crazy. I've been an iPhone user since the first ...
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The video below was recorded during the afternoon on Saturday April 11th in Alexandria. I didn't edit the video at all (not too shabby of a smooth flight) which will take you ...
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This afternoon I stopped at the Le Homme Dieu Public Access next to Rotary Beach to record some photos and videos. Tomorrow or Monday I'll add a video and some photos but ...
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Every day is a beautiful day but today in particular was a really beautiful day. A needed beautiful day. Everyone seemed to be outside enjoying the weather (at a proper distance from ...
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Casa Marina Lane at Lake Darling is arguably one of the best locations to live in Alexandria, Minnesota. Most of the homes enjoy level, sandy shoreline with a gradual increase of water ...
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The video (no sound, safe for work) in this post was recorded late this June on a Sunday afternoon above Lake Darling in Alexandria, Minnesota. Beginning where Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center ...
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It was another beautiful morning in Alexandria on Wednesday, June 12th. Honestly, even when the weather is sour it is beautiful. I love living here. Anyway, back to Wednesday morning. Below are ...
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The view, for those wanting the ice and snow to leave, should be even better at Lake Darling today than in the photos below. Wednesday of this week I was at Baywood, ...
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UPDATE: This property sold. A three bedroom, two and a half bathroom home at Lake Darling's Baywood went on the market late yesterday. The last time there was a home listed for ...
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Tour the southwest side of Big Darling in Alexandria, Minnesota from an eagle's perspective. Starting a little north of Lake Darling Resort your view from the air will move north towards Pristine ...
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Sundays are sad days for those that have hit the road to leave Alexandria. The boys in the video below weren't among them. I was sitting outside reading late last Sunday afternoon ...
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Readers of Alexandria's Echo Press today will see a photo I took a week ago today at Lake Darling. Celeste Edenloff called me earlier this week from her desk at the Echo ...
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Last night prior to sundown in Alexandria I went out on Lake Darling on my stand up paddleboard for a trip around little Darling. Earlier in the week while out on the ...
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Yesterday I shared a handful of photos I captured earlier in the week. Now in this video you can view Alexandria's Darling Drive from Browns Point to Carlos Darling Drive. And, a ...
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