Hiking Humor
Month: March 2007
Take Ten
Every year people fall through the ice, sometimes they live and sometimes they die. When lakes are starting to freeze over in early winter and when they are beginning to thaw in the spring ice conditions can change rapidly. Many factors affect lake …
Keeping Track of Winter
There are some interesting websites out there regarding winter conditions in Minnesota and elsewhere. One really neat site is updated by the Minnesota Climatology Working Group. The entire site has some great information but my favorite page is the ice …
Signs of Spring on the Gunflint Trail
It is official now; Spring is here. Mike went into town yesterday and along the way he spotted a black bear in the ditch. If the bears say spring is here then it must be true. We haven’t seen …
Think Spring
I hate to admit it but I think Spring finally defeated Winter on the Gunflint Trail. The water is running in the creeks, the snowbanks are disappearing, and I have paddling on my mind. Yesterday was the first …
Mush for a Cure Success
The First Annual Mush for a Cure was a great success. The conditions for mushing weren’t perfect, the number of participants wasn’t in the double digits, but the enthusiasm for raising awareness and money for breast cancer was overwhelming. …
Fog
The day started out with rain and fog and the fog remained the entire day. We never even saw the sun peek out once. What a contrast with yesterday’s beautiful sunshine that warmed the temperature up to near 60 …
Minnesota Moose
We love our moose on the Gunflint Trail so I thought I would share this article a friend e-mailed me. Moose population continues to shrink The animal’s numbers here continue to decline drastically, and the reason remains elusive. By Doug …
Mush or Slush, it Doesn’t Really Matter
The forecast for the weekend doesn’t look great for the First Annual Mush for a Cure. With sunny skies and temperatures up into the 50’s the snow that is left on the trail will surely be mush. We won’t …
Paddlesport Professionals
For the second year in a row Mike not only attended but also taught at the National School for Paddlesports Business Professionals in Loudonville, Ohio. This is a program designed by the Paddlesport Industry Association(formerly PPA) of which Mike is …