I Made Them Do It
If you’ve ever read my blog before then you know how much I love to go cross-country skiing. When the kids were very little we would haul them behind us in a pulk sled but that was alot of …
Year: 2011
Just a Week Away
Next Saturday morning will be a whole lot different than this morning. It’s a quiet morning and all is calm at the end of the Gunflint Trail. Next weekend at this time we’ll be running around like chickens with …
Have You Heard the News?
No, not the news about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area permit reservation fee going down. We still haven’t heard anything from the USFS regarding that issue unfortunately. All I know for sure is there are some upset folks who …
Make Them Do It
Last night I was reading a forum about whether or not a parent should force their child to go canoe camping with them. At first thought I was wishy-washy without a concrete answer but this morning the answer is clear …
The Government Lowered Prices
Yep, I bet you are just as shocked as I am. Even though we are Forest Service Cooperators and are supposed to work with the US Forest Service I found out at the same time as Joe Public that …
Squirts
Ever wonder how someone came up with the word "squirt"? I’m wondering it right now but I’m not about to spend time looking it up on the internet because I don’t have time to do that. In fact, I don’t have …
Don’t Tell Me That!
Someone told me tomorrow is going to be March 1st! How on earth can that be possible? Where did that short month of February go? I don’t know where February went but the days seem to have flown by. …
Just a Taste of Summer on a Winter Day
One way to bring back summer in the middle of the winter is to open the freezer and find some hand-picked blueberries. It’s impossible not to remember the time spent picking them beneath the summer sun.
Double Digits
We made it to double digits today, for a couple of hours at least. We started out in double digits this morning at -28 degrees and made it all of the way up to 10 degrees above zero. It …
Staying Upright During Winter Fun
I’ve had a difficult time staying upright this week while participating in winter activities. We went snowmobiling on Wednesday with a large group of people. We usually spend 2-3 nights on a snowmobile adventure traveling from place to place with our friends. …