I Don’t Want to Miss It
It’s like the last few days of cross-country skiing in the spring when you know any day could be the last day the snow will be good enough to ski on. I look at the forecast for temperatures in the …
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Forecast for the Week
The weather has been hot on the Gunflint Trail with yesterday’s high a whopping 88 degrees. It doesn’t show signs of cooling off anytime soon either. It’s unseasonably hot for this time of the year but I guess I’ll …
4 Letter “F” Word- Fire
Until Thursday I had never heard of Lizard Lake and I hope I don’t hear about it for very long. Lizard Lake Fire is what the most recent fire in the Gunflint District has been named. It’s currently in the …
Bear Sightings
I’m thankful we only have black bears to deal with in Northeastern Minnesota. Black bears are more of a nuisance than anything and rarely attack humans unlike their relatives the polar bear and grizzly bear. According to the North Central Research Center black bear …
Stay Away From the Edge
Whenever I’m out hiking and encounter a steep cliff I urge my kids to stay away from the edge. They look at me with their "whatever" eyes and stay rooted in their spot. I proceed to tell them the …
Blowing in the BWCA
The wind has been blowing like crazy the past few days. Wind speeds have been consistently in the 10-20 mph range with gusts up to 30 mph. It can’t seem to make up its mind what direction it wants …
Portage Pads- A necessity not a luxury
The other morning I had the opportunity to transport a group to an entry point into the Boundary Waters. While they unloaded one of their own canoes I noticed there were not any portage pads on their canoe and jokingly …
As Shania would say, “That Don’t Impress me Much.”
"C’mon baby tell-me, you must be jokin’ right?" These were the thoughts in my head as I approached Duluth from Two Harbors yesterday. There was a line up of vehicles waiting to turn off of Highway 61 to be …
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Fun at Chik Wauk
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time at Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center. . One day last week they were in need of a volunteer and on Friday I brought my cousin and his girlfriend there for …
Woods are Wet
The woods are wet once again after receiving over an inch of rain yesterday. I was happy to slosh through mud on my way back to a favorite fishing hole last night since the previous time I had been there …