Weekend Weather
Last weekend was beautiful, sunny and 80 degrees outside. This weekend the temperatures are expected to be in the 30’s and 40’s. Quite a change in one week’s time. There were even snow flurries flying around today and more expected …
Voyageur Brewery Tree Topping & Reclaiming
A week ago we celebrated Scandinavian style at the brewery in Grand Marais. Yesterday Mike and some of the crew dismantled a barn to reclaim some of the wood for use in the brewery. Things are moving right along so …
Happy October
I can hardly believe it is October 1st today. Where do the days go? Filled with constant activity time does not go by slowly. Instead it races past me while I attempt to grab a moment and hang onto it. …
Fall Colors Come Quickly
It seems like the fall colors came quickly and it looks like they may disappear just as fast. While the fall color map says we haven’t quite reached peak colors I’d say I think we have. This is later than …
Cooking over a Campfire
One thing I have never thought of before was the dangers of cooking in a Boundary Waters fire pit. I was at a USFS BWCA Cooperator meeting the other day and one of the wilderness rangers said she never starts …
Bearfoot in the Outfitting Building
I went up to the outfitting building last night to look for something. I can’t remember what I went up there for but that isn’t important. What is important is there were footprints everywhere. It looked like someone had walked …
82 degrees on the Gunflint Trail
We’ve had the warmest days of the year this week and it’s almost October. The past few days have been absolutely gorgeous and the fall colors are brilliant beneath the bright blue sky. Today and tomorrow our confirmation class from …
Voyageur Fall Scenes
80 degrees today, can you believe it? What a wonderful day for the Cook County 7th graders to come and paddle and play at the end of the Gunflint Trail. The fall colors were brilliant beneath the blue sky. What …
Llike Leaves on a Tree
We were lucky this year many of our summer crew were able to stay into the fall. But now like the leaves on the trees the crew has fluttered away on the wind. Abigail and Kira left in August but …
View from the Brewery in Grand Marais
I went to check out the progress on the Voyageur Brewing Company building yesterday and as always I was pleasantly surprised. Things are moving right along and the building is looking beautiful. The people working on it are doing a …