Outdoor Learning
I am lucky to live where I do and that my children get to spend so much time in the outdoors. I know there are benefits of spending time outside but most children don’t get those benefits because they are indoors all …
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Quick Before It Freezes
This is the time of the year that some resorters and outfitters close up for the winter. Even if the resorts stay open year around there are some Fall tasks and projects that need to get done before it …
Save A Moose
The moose have been out and about again lately. I saw two of last year’s calves and a bull moose while driving on Saturday. What a treat! It had been awhile since I had last saw one so to …
Wear It
Lifevests are made to be worn. The water temperatures are cooling off and the air temperatures are too. This should make paddlers think about the possibility of hypothermia. It doesn’t take much time in the cold water to cool one’s …
How Much Rain?
The Seagull Guard Station reported 1.3 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. It sure seemed like it rained more than that. The rain started and continued throughout the night. Lightning lit up the sky, thunder boomed and the …
I Had Game
Yesterday was a game filled day and now I need a time out. I’ve been having fun helping coach kids this fall. Abby and Josh are playing soccer on the same team so I help coach a team of …
Game Over
There are many games we play throughout our lives, at least that’s what I like to call them. I play two main games, the outfitter game and the mom game. The mom game has sub-categories like innings in baseball …
Rain and Sun
It rained off and on yesterday throughout the day and into the evening. There were even flood warnings for the North Shore but we only received around three quarters of an inch at the end of the Gunflint Trail. …
Smiling
Kids can always seem to make me smile while it takes more for an adult to make me smile. Today I had to smile because an individual acting like a child made me smile. There are a few …
Dinner Time!
The best type of dinner is one shared around a campfire with your family. Since most of us can’t do that tonight, we’ll just have to settle for dinner with our families somewhere. The Parent Teacher Association announces this September …