A Year in the BWCA Continues
The Freemans have been in the Boundary Waters for more than 164 days of their 365 day voyage. Can you imagine spending the winter in the BWCA? It sounds heavenly to me with the exception of no shower. Unlike my …
Winter Storm Strikes
This is why I dislike early summer weather in the great white north. As soon as I commit to embracing the unseasonably warm and wonderful temperatures another snowstorm strikes. Just when I had visions of biking the dry dirt roads …
New Canoe Tricks to Try
I don’t think I’ll be using a Kevlar canoe to do any of the canoe tricks in this video but I do think I need to try them. If I’m out in the Seagull River flailing around in the water …
Time for a Quick Dip
With the sun shining brightly and a small hole opening up at the end of our dock on the Seagull River an idea was hatched. The bikinis were already on from sunning on the deck and the thermometer read 65 …
Eaglets in the Nest
I happened to check the eagle cam and noticed something fuzzy beneath the eagle. It looks like the eggs have hatched but I haven’t received an update from the MN DNR since the 1st of March and they hadn’t started …
Spring Ahead
It seems kind of strange we spring ahead before spring actually begins. It feels like we are getting ahead of ourselves! In any case, the weather this past week has felt like spring and from reports across the rest of …
Mushing in March on the Gunflint Trail
This weekend is the weekend we would have normally hosted Mush for a Cure on the Gunflint Trail. Last year we didn’t hold the event due to the opening of the brewery and because one of the founders of the …
Voyageur Hiking Crew
Tony and Hannah who were part of the Voyageur Crew for the past two years have a spring break tradition. Every year they go on an overnight hike with a group of their friends. This year Matt and Cassidy, current …
Wacky Winter Weather
It is still winter yet people in central Minnesota are already golfing! Did someone flip the calendar ahead a couple of months? That’s what the temperatures and weather patterns are suggesting. According to MPR there was a lightning strike and …
A Good One is Gone
A good friend of Grand Marais passed away on February 27. Dick Parker was only 74 but he had been living with cancer for a number of years. He didn’t let cancer slow him down and it didn’t cause him …