Saturday’s 74-degree temperature was embraced by area youngsters who got their fill of ice cream, time at the park and even a swim in Rainy Lake. Last week’s below-normal temperatures for the month suggested the summer season hadn’t quite found its way to Borderland, but a forecast from the National Weather Service in Duluth predicts temps into the mid-to-upper 70s throughout the week.
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Violet Walls, 6, shivers as she emerges from Rainy Lake at Ranier Beach Saturday afternoon. Although Violet admitted to The Journal that she was “freezing,” she couldn’t stay out of the water for long.
Lucy Briggs, 1, seems to be enjoying a ride on the swing at the park in Ranier.
Most of the ice cream cone Brody Gorm, 1, enjoyed with his family from Tara’s Wharf Ice Cream Shop ended up on his face.
Destiny Blumer leaps off a sunken dock at Ranier Beach Saturday.
Dylan Walls, 9, and his dog take a dip in Rainy Lake.
Chase Gorm, 5, takes a bite out of his ice cream cone as his family enjoys an afternoon in Ranier.
