Lake Superior Water Level
According to an article in the Duluth News Tribune, “Lake Superior was more than 11 inches above its average level for Oct. 1, more than 4 inches above the level at this time in 2016 and is just 2 inches …
Banadad Trail Clearing Weekend
Coming soon on the Gunflint Trail… Banadad Trail Work Day and Annual Meeting/Pot Luck Dinner The Banadad Trail Association (BTA) eighth Annual Meeting will be held- Friday, October 27, 2017 at the Schaap Community Center on the Gunflint Trail …
Space Stuff- meteors and moons
From Space Weather Website! On October 5, the Harvest Moon By Deborah Byrd in Tonight | October 5, 2017 Tonight – October 5, 2017 – that full moon you’ll see ascending in the east after sunset is the Northern Hemisphere’s …
Burning Piles in the BWCA
SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST CONDUCTING PILE BURNING TO REDUCE RISK OF WILDFIRE October 5, 2017 – Duluth,MN Fire crews on the Superior National Forest began burning piles of woody debris in various locations on the Forest last week and will continue …
Grand Marais Best Town Contest
I like the claims to fame Grand Marais, Minnesota has. Some things about the popularity is due to the natural world that surrounds us like the highest Mountain, tallest waterfall, biggest Great Lake, etc. Other tag lines are from contests …
October Rain on the Gunflint
I remember camping at the beginning of October some years ago and we experienced snow flurries and 18 degree temperatures. I think I would rather have snow than almost 2″ of rain in a matter of hours. That was the …
No More BWCA Lottery after 2018, oh well
It isn’t a big deal to those of us who prefer to canoe and camp in the Boundary Waters using entry points on the Gunflint Trail. There really hasn’t been a need to use the USFS lottery system to obtain …
If I Could Turn Back Time
This would be one of my first places I’d go.
Hello October!
More football, more volleyball and hopefully more camping in the BWCA for October!
Red Pine
Information from… http://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/red-pine Red pine is a large native, long-lived evergreen tree of dry habitats.The handsome, tall straight trunk and beautiful red bark add to its beauty. Unfortunately red pine has fallen out of favor as an ornamental landscape …