Shorter Days, Longer Nights
It’s getting to be that time of the year when the sun rises later and later and the sun sets earlier. The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. Thankfully the sun has been shining during …
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Time on the Lake
I love to spend time on the lake with my son. I call it going fishing but most of the time it’s just an excuse to get out on the lake and spend time with him. We usually …
What Doesn’t Belong?
You know that challenge where you look at a picture and try to determine which of the items doesn’t belong with all of the rest? Well, I play that game when I’m out in the canoe country wilderness sometimes. …
What is a Pitcher Plant?
In a previous blog entry about our Quetico Park trip I mentioned seeing pitcher plants along our route. We don’t get the chance to see them very much so we were very excited to spot so many of them …
Path of the Paddle Water Trail
The plans are in the works for a new water trail to be opened in 2017. The Path of the Paddle Water Trail will connect Thunder Bay, Ontario to the border of Manitoba in Canada. One portion of the …
Fantastic Fishing in the Quetico Park
Did I happen to mention we had awesome fishing during our Quetico canoe trip? We could cast from our campsite and catch smallmouth bass all day long. They weren’t big but they bit like crazy from the campsite and …
Along a Portage Path
While on our recent Quetico Park canoe trip I hiked a portage without gear. This is when you can really take time to look at the scenery since you aren’t as concerned about falling down with a pack on …
Paddling in the Quetico
How lucky we were to be able to paddle into the Quetico for a few nights last week. Mike and I have wanted to return since we were last there in 1999. At that time I was 7 months …
Discoveries in the Boundary Waters
Great fishing, solitude and beautiful scenery are things you find in the Boundary Waters. After forest fires other old and interesting items are found thanks to the lack of ground cover. Updated Aug 17, 2012 at 6:10 PM CDT …
Gunflint District Ranger Departs to Greener Pastures
I still can’t believe our District Ranger Dennis Neitzke is leaving the Boundary Waters and us behind. He’s been with us for 11 years, we finally had him trained and now he’s heading to North Dakota to be a …
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