True Voyageurs
This morning Mike and I met with some real Voyageurs in Two Harbors, Minnesota. We’re down here for a hockey tournament so we planned a meeting with some Voyageur Crew members. These guys are going on a real Voyage …
Year: 2011
Snowflakes Falling on the Sawtooth Mountains
That’s from a song the kids learned in their music class a few years ago. Since it’s snowing outside it only seems appropriate to be thinking of that song. The flakes that are falling are huge and so light …
Too Many Pictures
That saying about a picture is worth a 1000 words, well, if it’s close to true then stored digitally on external hard drives, Snapfish, and Picasa I must have billions or zillions of words. I don’t think I’ve had …
Incredible Paddling Trips
While it isn’t the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness it is a scenic and wild trip J.J. and Josh completed during their Paddle to Seattle. They traveled together for 97 days and 1300 miles as they made their way through the …
Legends of the Boundary Waters
Most people who visit the Boundary Waters have heard of the Rootbeer Lady of Knife Lake. She was quite popular because of her rootbeer sales as well as her open and welcoming personality. Her close proximity to Ely and …
A Time to Snowshoe
For everything there is a time and today it’s time to snowshoe with Josh’s class at school. Around 11 today I’ll start my journey down the Gunflint Trail to Grand Marais so I can go snowshoeing around 12:30. I …
National Winter Trails Day on the Gunflint Trail
Without even knowing January 8th was National Winter Trail’s Day I celebrated it by spending time on the trail. I didn’t spend quite as much time on the trail on Saturday as I did on Friday but I’d say two …
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Skied the Banadad Trail
We survived the Banadad Ski Trail. No major injuries, no mishaps and no frostbite that we know of. Sheri and I started our trek around noon yesterday afternoon at the Boundary Country Trekkng on the South end of …
My Voyageur Friends
Owning a BWCA canoe outfitting business makes us quite a popular place during the summer months. But it seems we have just as many visitors come to visit us in the winter. Feathered friends frequent our feeder at Voyageur …
Skiing Bliss Not Blisters
I went cross-country skiing on the Upper Gunflint Trail sky system for a second time yesterday. Mike had a meeting at Gunflint Trail Fire Hall II so I decided I would spend his meeting time skiing. He thought I had …