What’s One More Snowstorm?
Walda and Xerxes? I’m not sure when they started naming winter storms but I just learned about it this past week from a Facebook fan. I guess it’s something The Weather Channel decided to do to increase ratings? The …
Year: 2013
The Right Place at the Right Time
Some people are just plain lucky and end up in the right place at the right time. One of these people owns Gunflint Pines Resort with his wife Shari. Bob Baker spends alot of time outside, in the woods, …
April Showers Bring May Flowers, April Snowstorms Bring May?
This winter is like the Energizer Bunny, it keeps going and going and going and going. Northeastern Minnesota has experienced another snowstorm and with it some areas have seen anywhere from 3" to 14" of new snow. On the …
April Showers Bring May Flowers, April Snowstorms Bring May? Read more »
Snowstorms and Pussy Willows
The pussy willows on our side road have popped! The funny thing is the bush is buried beneath a big pile of snow and there is more snow on the way. Will this winter ever end? We shall see… …
Stuck in the Muck
In yesterday’s blog I told about a moose being stuck in a snowbank. What I didn’t tell you was Mark said the moose looked very pregnant. That was what reminded me of the story about a kayaking experience when I …
The Things We See on the Gunflint Trail
Each day there are things happening all around us that we are totally unaware of. It’s only when we stop to look that we really see. This morning after I dropped the kids off at the bus stop …
Light Reading
If you’re a regular reader of my blog then you probably know I don’t keep up on the news. We don’t have satellite television or good bandwidth for watching news on the computer plus most of the news is …
Summer Plans for Canoeing
Have you made your camping plans for this summer yet? I’ve been dreaming about canoe camping in the Boundary Waters lately. In the dream it doesn’t start out that I’m on a canoe trip, I’m actually on a snowmobile …
Signs of Spring But Still Looks Like Winter on the Gunflint Trail
If you take a deep breath you can smell spring in the air but when you open your eyes it still looks like winter on the Gunflint Trail. Of course there are signs that spring is on the way …
Signs of Spring But Still Looks Like Winter on the Gunflint Trail Read more »
Oil Spill in Arkansas?
I don’t see or read much in the way of news and I just heard about an oil spill in Arkansas. At first I thought it must be an April Fool joke but when I looked into it I saw …