Last week the the baseball and softball coaches asked the players to bring shovels to practice. Since Mother Nature doesn’t want to cooperate by offering sunshine and warm temperatures drastic measures were needed. A snowblower was used on the baseball …
Our Riverside Cabin at Voyageur Canoe Outfitters has always been a great place to vacation on the Gunflint Trail. Now it’s going to be even better thanks to our hard working Voyageur Crew. The kitchen floor is being replaced and …
The first baseball and softball games of Cook County School were played today one hour south in Silver Bay, MN. I don’t know how they got their fields mainly free of snow but they did a good job. They did …
The late spring has lulled me into a false sense of security. The snow covered ground and ice covered lakes makes one think summer is far away but in reality it’s not. It’s this time of the year we check …
We’ve made a few trips up and down the north shore the past week and have noticed some things. There’s still quite a bit of snow in the woods but closer to the big lake there’s grass beginning to show. …
It would be nice if cold temperatures killed pests but unfortunately they don’t. Trying to think on the bright side of our extended winter… Cold temperatures not a cure-all for pests Two gypsy moth caterpillars feeding on white oak leaves …
Winters are long in the north and some people are tired of waiting for nice weather. Today Abby asked me where her hammock was and I wanted to know why. “I’m going hammocking!” Dressed in her winter coat, wearing a …
When I’m hiking a river or a stream in the summer I often curse all of the down trees and woody debris I have to scamper over or around. Who knew I should actually be thanking the woody debris? According …