Homeless for the Holidays
Don’t worry, our house didn’t burn down and we are not homeless for the holidays. We have plenty of friends and relatives who would take us in if that were the case. But some people are homeless for the holidays …
Category: News
Warm and Clear
Today was a very beautiful day followed by a gorgeous sunset that Tony snapped a couple of photos of. We’re hoping the skies are clear the next couple of nights because it’s going to be moderate temperatures which would make …
Weather and Climate
MPR news printed an article about climate change and weather that I thought was very interesting and disturbing. While our winter weather was much colder than normal last year the climate is changing and our winters are 7 degrees warmer …
Sticky Snow Won’t Stick
The good news is we received some snow, very sticky wet snow. The trees look beautiful and everything is coated in white. The bad news is the temperature is supposed to get up into the 40’s later this week and …
Ice, Ice Baby So Cool
When it’s cold outside and the waves of Lake Superior crash against the shore some really cool things happen.
Internet Issues
We’ve been experiencing some internet issues lately. We were without service on Wednesday for the majority of the day and into the evening. I didn’t hear the reason why but there were rumors about a cut line somewhere. The entire …
America Outdoors Association Conference
Voyageur Crew members Tony and Hannah are in Daytona Beach, Florida for the America Outdoors Association Conference this week. They have been attending classes, meeting other paddling business owners and checking out products at the vendor show. Mike and I …
Minnesota Paddlers Make it to DC!
Congratulations to Dave and Amy Freeman who completed their journey to DC to protect the Boundary Waters from mining. That’s what I call dedicated to an issue- 101 days and 2000 miles. Minnesotans steer canoe and BWCA petition 2,000 miles …
Bundle Up and Head Outside
Hopefully we’ll have a few clear evenings for some sky shows this week. EARLY GEMINIDS: Earth is entering a stream of debris from “rock comet” 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower. The shower is not expected to …
Cold and Dark
This is the time of the year when it takes forever for the sun to rise and when it finally does it starts to dip almost in the blink of an eye. Today Josh had a two o’clock hockey game …