Get Your Fishing Licenses
Wouldn’t it be a bummer to have planned your canoe trip all winter long and then get up to the great northwoods and not be able to purchase a fishing license? That’s what could happen if the State of …
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Smell of Smoke in the Air
Yesterday morning we awoke to the smell of smoke in the air. After 3 days of rain and a couple of inches of rain I didn’t think there could be a forest fire anywhere near. It turns out I was …
Gunflint Mercantile Grand Re-Opening
The Gunflint Mercantile is celebrating with a Grand Re-Opening in downtown Grand Marais, Minnesota this Saturday, June 25th. What is so special about the Gunflint Mercantile? Chelsea Lueck of course! Former Voyageur Crew Extraordinaire who left Voyageur to …
Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center Naturalist Programs Begin
The forecast for today looks like it may be a perfect day to visit Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center. It’s a wonderful place to spend any day but especially a cloudy or rainy one. Today is a special day …
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Fire Danger Lowered
The recent forest fires on Gaskin Lake and near Ely in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness put me on edge. I’m happy to say I’m back in the middle and no longer on the edge with the recent …
Celebrate the Summer Solstice
I don’t have any major plans for celebrating the Summer Solstice. It actually makes me kind of sad to think the days are already getting shorter. While I don’t necessarily like to see the sun at 5:00am and it’s …
Lovely Lupines are Invasive and Non-Native
The ditches of the North Shore of Lake Superior are filled with lupines ready to burst with color. Soon there will be pink, white and predominantly purple lupines stretching to the sky from Duluth, MN to Grand Marais, MN. …
Some Strange Stuff on Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to all you fathers out there, especially the father of my children and the grandfathers of my children. The Duluth News Tribune posted some historic information regarding the Gunflint Trail. I didn’t realize right away …
Moose Mosey Along
Was it just yesterday I wrote about people pulling over in the middle of the Gunflint Trail to look at moose? A funny thing happened on the way to Grand Marais yesterday afternoon. I was showing Josh which swamp …
New Residents on the Gunflint Trail
It’s that time of the year when the proud mammas are showing off their newly born young. For those who drive the Gunflint Trail it means keeping an extra sharp eye out for hazards in the roadway. The wildlife is somewhat …