Too Many Lakes
Too little time to paddle all of the lakes I want to. We haven’t had the opportunity to paddle the Woodland Caribou but according to writer Kevin Callan it sounds like we should make some time. It’s difficult to …
Lights Out at 8 Everyone!
What started in Sydney, Australia last year has caught on around the world and millions of people will be participating in the 2nd ever Earth Hour. Earth Hour was created by the World Wildlife Foundation to make a statement …
Hungry Jack Lodge- Fire and Ice
Two polar opposites to describe the same situation at the same time. It seems difficult to believe a fire could be raging while icicles were forming. A body sweating but a beard or fingers freezing. That was the case …
Images of Hungry Jack Lodge
Historic Hungry Jack Lodge on the Gunflint Trail.
Hungry Jack Lodge Burns Again
Yesterday was another day that will be added to the history pages for Hungry Jack Lodge. For the third time in history the lodge was consumed by fire. 1931, 1972 and now 2008 will be remembered as the year Hungry Jack Lodge …
Hungry Jack Lodge Tragedy
Sometime after noon a fire started in Hungry Jack Lodge. The emergency call was made at 1:22pm. The fire quickly spread through the beautiful log structure destroying years of history that were held inside of its walls. Not just memories …
Movie Reviews
Yesterday I was able to drink one whole Diet Coke and keep my eyes open to watch two movies. Both of them were very scary and contained gore; Al Gore’s, "An Inconvenient Truth" and Mel Gibson’s "Apocalypto." These …
A Bug is in My Stomache
Yesterday’s Blog Title was "Spring is in the Air" and I wrote about spring, so if today’s title holds true you may not want to continue reading if you have a weak stomache. Up until yesterday I had been …
Spring is in the Air
March 20th marked the first day of spring but you could have fooled me with the temperature. It didn’t look like spring on my thermometer when I woke up since it read only 6 degrees. It didn’t feel like spring when …
Happy Easter
Something to share with you on Easter Day or any day… I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire …