I could dig out the Gunflint Trail Cookbook to check out details about Sea Island Lodge at the end of the Gunflint Trail. I’ll apologize right away because that would require work and at this point I don’t feel like …
The bear problem has been solved apparently. Here’s a note from the USFS. The campsites on Caribou and Little Caribou will be opened tomorrow August 20, 12:01 am for visitor use in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. There have …
The days are getting shorter, the nights longer and leaves are beginning to change color on the Gunflint Trail. I’m not sure where the summer went but school sports are starting and before long school will start. Summer is slowly …
With all of the blueberries out in the bush you wouldn’t think bears would need to harass campers in the BWCA but I guess these bears have picky palettes. They have been frequenting campsites on the Caribou Lake east of …
Yesterday was spent on Saganaga Lake in the BWCA fishing for Lake Trout. While we didn’t catch any Lake Trout we sure had a good time trying. The weather felt more like a fall day than an August one. The …
I found a patch of blueberries that looked like the grapes in a bowl of plastic fruit. I picked one from the bush thinking it looked like some scientifically engineered berry from a different planet and when I bit into …
The body of a man who was cliff jumping in the Boundary Waters has been recovered. There aren’t many details regarding the incident but unfortunately he did not survive. The incident was in Makwa Lake about 23 miles from Ely, …
I don’t usually wear a watch while canoe camping in the Boundary Waters. I go to sleep when it gets dark and wake up when it gets light outside. I love to catch the sunrise and sunset and it’s difficult …
It’s always a great time to go camping in the BWCA but during the Perseids Meteor Shower it’s even better. Come on up to the Boundary Waters before, during or after August 12-13 and enjoy some skywatching. PERSEID METEOR …
Voyageur Crew member Dana along with two other paddlers completed the Ely Challenge in under twenty hours. They paddled from Saganaga to Swamp to Ottertrack, Knife and then the smaller lakes out to Moose Lake. They hitched a ride with …