We usually start seeing baby loons around the 4th of July in the BWCA. This year it was a little bit later but now that we started seeing them guests have reported seeing them everywhere in the Boundary Waters and …
My first thought was, “Is that a kangaroo rat or what?” Then I thought, “We don’t have kangaroo rats in Minnesota, they live in a desert.” Of the 5 of us camping in the Boundary Waters none of us could …
There are so many reasons to use a BWCA canoe trip outfitter for your wilderness canoe trip. The biggest reason most people are happy for the services of a canoe outfitter is they don’t have to clean the gear when …
If you are like most of our guests of Voyageur Canoe Outfitters then the only reason you pause on your way up the Gunflint Trail is to get gas or go to the bathroom in Grand Marais. Did you know …
I can’t remember the last time we had such a wet year and I can’t believe a fire would be able to start with all of the rain we have received. Obviously not all parts of the forest have received …
What makes this month’s Canoe and Kayak Magazine’s cover so amazing? It features a Boundary Waters lake on it and not just any lake in the Boundary Waters. It’s a photo of our very own Saganaga Lake taken by one …
We had a beautiful 4th of July on the Gunflint Trail with plenty of sunshine throughout the day. Today started out nice but things deteriorated quickly. It’s been raining off and on all day long and we’ve received almost an …
There may not be parades of people passing by or fireworks but I’d rather be in the BWCA on the 4th of July than anywhere else. I can see parades of mergansers, listen to loons sing(instead of marching bands) and …
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If I had awakened from a coma today and someone asked me to guess what day it was I would have never guessed it was the first of July. The sun was hidden behind the clouds for the majority of …
Almost everyone thinks the big patches of spiky flowers in the ditches along Highway 61 and now the Gunflint Trail are pretty. They come in pink, purple and white and cover large areas of land and are called lupines. Those …
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