The lupines are blooming. Some people absolutely love these flowers that fill some of the ditches of the Gunflint Trail. I’ve never been too excited about them since they aren’t native to this area but they are starting to grow on me since they …
To all of you Dads out there, Happy Father’s Day, we hope you have an awesome day. We won’t be doing much to celebrate the day here at Voyageur since I tell Mike every day is Father’s Day in …
Today is the last day of Spring and tomorrow Summer begins. The sky will begin to lighten up at 4:22AM and will rise at 5:03AM. The sun will be up in the sky until 9:04PM when it will set and …
Last night we had the first thunder boomer of the summer. It rained, it poured, the lightening lighted up the sky and the thunder boomed. A little over an inch of rain fell to the ground before it was …
The smell of summer is in the air. It doesn’t always smell the same but it does have distinct smells. For us in Northern Minnesota the Iilacs are just starting to bloom and their sweet fragrance is a sure sign …
Yesterday when I was driving the Gunflint Trail down to Grand Marais I saw the strangest sight. A big black bear was galloping down the middle of the road. Directly in front of him was a massive grey wolf …
Outdoors that is. July 13th, 2009 was National Get Outdoors Day, did you get out? I sure hope so. In the winter I have a more difficult time convincing myself to get up and get outside. Once I’m out …
Mike’s sister Jessie who just got married this past weekend paddled throughLes Voyageurs when she was in High School. A number of Mike’s cousins have also paddled on canoe trips in Manitoba and Ontario with Les Voygeurs as well. …
I must be getting too old for this kind of stuff. My sister-in-law got married in St. Cloud yesterday and had a huge celebration, open bar and all. They say the older you get the harder it is for …
Imagine fishing from your canoe when suddenly you feel a tug on your line. You begin to reel it in but it doesn’t budge so you think you may just have a snag. But then it feels like a fish again …