Such Hearty People We Are
Those of us who live on the Gunflint Trail should get a special badge to wear on a uniform. We’re proud of the fact we live in such a cold and snowy part of Minnesota. 20 below zero? That’s …
Year: 2011
A Glorious Day
Sunny skies and a high of 60 degrees predicted for this beautiful day. That should help melt the remaining snow on the ground. There isn’t much snow left after yesterday’s rain showers worked away at it all day. The river …
Eagles Attack
I’m not talking about the Philadelphia eagles when I say eagles attack. I’m talking about two evil predators that welcomed our first loon back to the northwoods by attempting to kill her. I was standing on the dock taking …
A Good Day to be Happy
Today is a special day for the environment and the religous. For what I would imagine to be the first time Earth Day is celebrating their day with Good Friday. What are your plans for this special day and …
Where is Everything?
I wanted to post a map of the current snow coverage in Minnesota but I can’t seem to find the link to the website anywhere. I wanted to tell folks to take the ice out poll I have set up on Voyageur’s …
When will the ice be out in the Boundary Waters?
The Boundary Waters has thousands of lakes and covers over 1.5 million acres. It would be nice to say all lakes in the BWCA are ice free on April 20th but that won’t happen this year or any year. How …
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Maple Syrup Time on the Gunflint Trail
A sugarbush is what they call an area abundant with maple trees for making syrup. There aren’t very many places in the world where maple trees grow and we’re about as far north and west as you’ll find …
National Wildfire Prevention Week
This is one year we don’t have to worry about a forest fire on the Gunflint Trail during National Wildfire Prevention Week. The odds of a forest fire with this much snow on the ground aren’t very good. Even …
Winter Again on the Gunflint Trail
It’s a blustery morning on the Gunflint Trail. The temperature is 21 degrees, the wind is gusting up to 30 miles per hour and everything is covered in snow. It’s hard to believe it’s April 17th when you look …
More Snow Again
A friend of mine is out cross-country skiing on the north shore of Lake Superior. It’s a trail that’s protected by a canopy of trees and with a half of a foot of fresh snow it’s in great shape. …