All That Noise
When people head out into the wilderness you never know how they are going to do. Some people love it no matter what the weather brings or how the fishing is. There are other people who will paddle in …
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Trail Secrets
I don’t claim to know everything about the Gunflint Trail but I thought I knew about all of the buildings along the road. As many times as I drive the Trail you would think I would have noticed …
Campfires Allowed In BWCA and Quetico
Update: Campfire Restrictions and Closures on the Superior National Forest Recent and projected precipitation, along with the greening of vegetation, has reduced the potential for a fire to start and spread quickly. Therefore, the Forest Service announces the following …
A Walk in the Woods
There aren’t too many things I like better than going for a walk in the woods. There is something so renewing and motivating about hiking a trail, I wish it could be put in a bottle and sprayed on …
SIGG Water Bottles
The newest craze in water bottles is the SIGG. These bottles are designed and manufactured in Switzerland and are eco-friendly, healthy, safe, stylish, and almost impossible to break. Most people are aware that drinking water from a …
Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day, a day for remembering those who have passed before us. A day created to honor soldiers who fought wars and lost lives in the process. A day that has evolved over the years to include …
A Gorgeous Memorial Weekend
Mother Nature has been so kind to us this Memorial Weekend 2007. Since Friday, the 25th of May, we have received 3.69 inches of rainfall, most of which has fallen during the sleeping hours. We will gladly take all …
Amazing Nature
The grass in the ditches is so green and plush it is hard to believe a fire could have reduced it to ash less than a month ago. Where the earth was just black and barren a fresh green …
Business as Usual
The title of this blog entry should end in a question mark. It doesn’t feel like it is business as usual at the end of the Gunflint Trail. At the morning meeting for the Voyageur Crew I told everyone, …
Fire Danger
In spite of the fact we have received some rain over the past week there is still high fire danger. There is a fire ban in effect for both the Boundary Waters and Cook County as a whole. …