The Fox and the Hound Named Rugby
I love having four fox in our neighborhood but our dog Rugby is less than thrilled. He’ll be lazily resting on the couch when one will appear on the deck and then he’ll launch toward the door with gusto. …
Category: News
Got Snow? We do.
According to the weather experts we’re one of the few places in the state of Minnesota that has snow right now. I guess we are very lucky to have it. Even in Grand Marais there isn’t snow except for …
Wolf Hunting in Minnesota?
Nope, not yet but maybe someday now that wolves will be removed from the endangered species list! Gray wolves being taken off federal endangered species list in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan Great Lakes states will regain control of the …
Paper or Plastic? Artificial or Real?
The Christmas Tree debate is an ongoing one. There are pros and cons for each type of tree. Here’s what Pablo from Treehugger has to say about real trees and artificial trees. Dear Pablo: I don’t like fake Christmas …
Winter in the Wilderness
I’ve always wanted to spend an ice up on Saganaga. Our friends up at Sagonto are documenting the ice thickness on Saganaga during this year’s ice up. In case you are wondering, ice up is the time of the …
The Root Beer Lady of Knife Lake
It seems difficult to believe that today marks the 25th Anniversary of the death of Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady of Knife Lake. Dorothy was an incredible woman who spent a great deal of her life in the …
More Snow Falling on the Gunflint Trail
If anyone is looking for a white Christmas then you can quit searching. Come on up to Voyageur Canoe Outfitters where the world is white. There’s snow on the ground, in the trees and more falling from the sky …
Our Little Town Makes Big Time News
Disclaimer: This is not a typical Blog, it’s my debriefing of a traumatic event. A horrible event happened in Grand Marais, MN yesterday afternoon. A friend called me to tell me there had been a shooting at the Cook …
Is This Voyageur or Narnia?
It’s a Narnia kind of morning at Voyageur today. Overnight it snowed a thick, sticky snow that has clung to every bush, branch and limb. The snowflakes have gotten a little less sticky and now there are huge flakes …
Minnesotan’s Conservation Efforts
What sort of conservation efforts are you most interested in Conservation Minnesota tackling in 2012? They would like Minnesotans to take a short survey to find out what issues are most important to them. Is it recycling? Clean Water? …