Go Canoeing
This article about getting kids to spend more time in the great outdoors saved the best for the last. They listed a bunch of different activities you can do with your kids and guess what the last suggestion was? Yep, …
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And They’re Off into the Canoe Country Wilderness
The first paddlers of the 2015 season have ventured into and returned from their trips into the canoe country wilderness with Voyageur Canoe Outfitters. Reports of peace and quiet, wildlife sightings and very few people are what make paddling in …
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Boundary Waters are Liquid Once Again
The ice is officially off of Saganaga and most all of the other Boundary Waters Lakes. I’m guessing it is off of all of the lakes since Sag is usually one of the last to go. The big sheet disappeared …
Boundary Waters Expo on the Gunflint Trail
The Gunflint Trail is hosting a Boundary Waters Expo June 12-14th at Seagull Lake Public Landing right in our backyard. There will be exhibitors, speakers, demonstrations and much more. Come listen to Cliff Jacobsen, enjoy a Shrimp Boil and spend …
A Wonderful Easter
Here’s wishing you all a blessed Easter Day.
Spring Paddling Opportunities
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could get up to the Boundary Waters this Spring for an early canoe trip? I hope to get out this spring but I know how difficult it can be and it’s right in my …
Boundary Waters Monkey
There are times I have been padding in the Boundary Waters and I hear what sounds like a monkey. Have you heard it too? My paddling partners tell me it’s a bird or the wind but to me it sounds …
Spring Break Time
It’s Spring Break time and the kids couldn’t be happier. No school for a week! After substitute teaching two days in a row I’m willing to bet the teachers are very happy too. Hannah and Tony are back from their …
Make-A-Wish for Mining to Disappear?
I don’t know many 13-year-olds in my neck of the woods who would give up a wildlife safari in Africa or a trip to Disney World to go to Washington, DC to oppose mining near the Boundary Waters but a …
Won’t Be Long
In a blink of an eye the ice will be gone and the water will be ready for paddling. Are you ready to canoe or kayak the BWCA? Every spring I think about taking an early season trip when the …