How Does Snow Melt?
Not at all if we’re lucky! "Let’s hang on, to what we got, don’t let go girl we’ve got a lot, there’s a lot of love between us, hang on, hang on, hang on, to what we’ve got." Just …
Month: March 2010
Nice Article About Mush for a Cure
The University of Minnesota included this in a recent news brief. Thanks for sharing our story! Mushing for a cause Of dogs and men…and women By Adam Overland March 2, 2010 Big, burly lumberjacks in pink boas and …
Mush Will Go On
(Gunflint Trail, MN) The long awaited Mush for a Cure weekend is just a few days away and according to event organizer Mary Black, “Rain or shine, or in this case, snow or no snow, the show will go on.” …
Off the Beaten Path
I spent the past weekend off the beaten path at Black Magic Kennels. What a wonderful weekend it was. I volunteered to kennel sit while Mark, Mary and their handler Tara went to Ely to participate in a sled dog …
More Unhappy
If I wasn’t happy yesterday with the sight of slash on the side of the Gunflint Trail then I’m certainly not happy today when I watch this video. http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S1432168.shtml?cat=10335&v=1 Hopefully it doesn’t bug the moose as much as …
Not Happy
OK. So sometimes I act like a major granola chomping tree hugger, I admit it. But I’m just a bit concerned with the work being done to clear dead trees at the end of the Gunflint Trail. Who is supervising …
Always at the Airport
If you ever need to find me then check the Minneapolis airport, that’s where I’ve been for the past 15 years or so. I’ve been hanging out on a vending machine there since Mike and I were part of a …
What’s the Plan?
There are large piles of dead trees lying alongside the roadway at the end of the Gunflint Trail right now. Apparently someone came up with an idea to remove the still standing but dead trees left from the Ham Lake Fire of 2007. …
Mike’s Men’s Journal Article
Finally! Gus Axelson’s article about winter camping with Mike has been published in the current issue of Men’s Journal. There’s even a photo of the mighty wood chopper himself. Swearing off high-tech synthetics for cotton, canvas, and a fat stove, a …
Serious Fun
I think I’m doing what is normal for me by going overboard on Mush for a Cure. Last night I had a dream that I was considering purchasing a pair of heels to go with a dress I had previously …