The one thing I love about otters is their playfulness. It’s so neat to be walking in the snow and come across tracks of otters sliding in the snow. They like to slide on their bellies and push forward with…
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Dark Sky on the Gunflint Trail
Looking for a place to go stargazing or get a good view of Mars? The dark sky on the Gunflint Trail or in the BWCA is the perfect place. We won’t be able to see the lunar eclipse but we…
Biggest Blueberry on the Gunflint Trail
Come on up to Voyageur Canoe Outfitters and pick some blueberries! Cook County, Minn. – Travel– Businesses along the Gunflint Trail (also known as County Road 12) in Cook County, Minn. are hosting the second annual Biggest Blueberry Contest, which started…
Blueberry picking time on the Gunflint Trail
You learn something every day so they say. Today I learned where the phrase, “Jumped the gun” came from. According to the world wide web, “This idiom refers to an athlete in a race who starts running before the starter…
Grouse attack on the Gunflint Trail
Have you ever been threatened by a grouse? They are small but fierce creatures who are very protective of their young. I have never been attacked by a grouse but I’m pretty sure if I hadn’t kept on my merry…
Isle Royale to welcome healthy wolves, researchers happy, moose not so much
This might be a better headline than the one Popular Science used to describe what is happening on Isle Royale with wolves. Their headline claims, “A pack of wolves is about to save this national park.” A little bit dramatic…
Summer Solstice on the Gunflint Trail
If you could spend the longest day of the year anywhere you wanted then where would it be? How about the Gunflint Trail? Imagine all of the things you could do with that many hours of daylight. You could take…
Riverside Cabin at Voyageur
Our Riverside Cabin at Voyageur Canoe Outfitters has always been a great place to vacation on the Gunflint Trail. Now it’s going to be even better thanks to our hard working Voyageur Crew. The kitchen floor is being replaced and…
Chilly temperatures on the Gunflint Trail
It still feels like winter on the Gunflint Trail. For the last week our daily high temperature has hovered around 30 degrees. The sunshine feels warm but the wind has been brisk. The nightly low temperatures have dipped into the…
Spring equinox on the Gunflint Trail
It’s that time of the year again for the equinox. Today is when the hours of day and night are equal in length. After today the days get longer and longer. The longer days bring warmer temperatures to the Gunflint…
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