Our family loves to read books. We’re excited there are two new books that are relevant to our area, "The Legend of the Wolves of Gunflint Lake" and "Where Memories Dream; Campfire Stories for the Boundary Waters." Both books …
Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center is a great place to visit anytime you’re on the Gunflint Trail. There are videos to watch, books to read and trails to hike on the property. Today you can join Kent Jones for a hike …
Taste of the Gunflint Trail and Chik-Wauk Museum Read more »
It’s that time of the year when the mice start looking for their winter home. Many mice like to make their new home in my home, one of our cabins or even the outfitting building. Here’s a little poem …
There’s something about picking blueberries that some people just don’t understand. You are either a picker or a non-picker, there’s not really an in between. Those of us who are blueberry pickers are very unique and most of us …
I had to Google the Peanuts song "Happiness" this morning. I remembered having to sing it in choir during grade school but couldn’t come up with the lyrics. It’s a great little song about what happiness is and it’s pretty …
As the days of August dwindle down so does the number of Crew left at Voyageur. I prefer not to think about the staff leaving and tell myself they are just on their day off. It’s a sad time …
This morning it was 70 degrees with 87% humidity at 7am! A little bit warmer than yesterday’s morning temperature that hovered near 40 degrees. The high got up to 83 degrees today and it is supposed to be in …
Seems like we barely had any bugs in the Boundary Waters this summer. There were a few black flies at the beginning of the season and some mosquitoes at dusk and dawn but otherwise it hasn’t been bad. You …
Everyone knows we love our moose on the Gunflint Trail. It’s part of the Gunflint Trail logo and there’s even a moose on the water tower as you head up the hill out of Grand Marais, All of us resort …
Managing or Mismanaging the Moose Population on the Gunflint Trail Read more »
The black bears in the Boundary Waters have been quite scarce this year. Maybe it’s because of the great berry supply this year or maybe campers are keeping their sites cleaner. Whatever the reason we’re thankful because it isn’t fun …