Great Outdoors Month
Not that I need any more incentive to enjoy the great outdoors but if some of you need motivation then listen to the President of the United States. George W. Bush has proclaimed June as Great Outdoors Month. Great …
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Beautiful Boundary Waters
The conditions are perfect for a paddle today. The sun is shining, the lakes are calm and I can hear the wilderness calling my name. It’s days like today when you wake up to the call of a loon …
Kid’s Fishing Party
We started the Take a Kid Fishing Weekend a little early at Voyageur this year. Thursday was Josh’s birthday and he wanted it to be a "fishing theme." It’s always difficult not to invite the entire class but we …
Rain and More on the Gunflint Trail
It seems like Mother Nature is trying to beg forgiveness for the Ham Lake Fire. She has been providing us with the much needed rain to bring our lake levels back up and close to normal for this time …
Take a Kid Fishing
This weekend is Take a Kid Fishing weekend in Minnesota and we’d love to see you fishing at Voyageur. If you are a Minnesota resident then you can fish without a license June 8-10th as long as you are …
Campfires Anytime
Campfire restrictions have been lifted in the Boundary Waters. Now instead of allowing campfires from 7pm until Midnight you can have a campfire anytime. We’ve received almost four inches of rain in June and we aren’t even one week into …
Unique Opportunity
The Ham Lake Fire that started a month ago today is over and out as they say in radio speak. It will be recorded as history and placed in the memory bank of many people. It has given those …
Traffic Ahead
There sure is alot of traffic at the end of the Gunflint Trail these days. I’m not talking about people in their vehicles but all of the wildlife that is out and about. This morning on the way …
Wilderness Test
Canoe Tripper’s Self Rating Test (from Canadian Canoe Routes, augmented by Mike McCrea) Physical Swimming 1- Can’t swim 2- Average swimmer 3- Can swim while holding paddle 4- Can swim while towing loaded canoe with bow painter between teeth General …
The Rapids
Mike and I went for our first paddle around the 3rd of May, right before the Ham Lake Fire started. It turned out to be a paddle and a portage and we only went down to the Seagull River …