One of my favorite entry points into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is Seagull Lake. I love to set up a base camp and explore the nooks and crannies of the wilderness lake. There are some awesome fishing …
Guess what? I’m so excited to announce I have finally added my hidden caches to Geocaching.com! I hid them last October but didn’t get them online until just recently. Now you can search the woods for the Boundary Waters …
Wouldn’t it be a bummer to have planned your canoe trip all winter long and then get up to the great northwoods and not be able to purchase a fishing license? That’s what could happen if the State of …
Yesterday morning we awoke to the smell of smoke in the air. After 3 days of rain and a couple of inches of rain I didn’t think there could be a forest fire anywhere near. It turns out I was …
The Gunflint Mercantile is celebrating with a Grand Re-Opening in downtown Grand Marais, Minnesota this Saturday, June 25th. What is so special about the Gunflint Mercantile? Chelsea Lueck of course! Former Voyageur Crew Extraordinaire who left Voyageur to …
The forecast for today looks like it may be a perfect day to visit Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center. It’s a wonderful place to spend any day but especially a cloudy or rainy one. Today is a special day …
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The recent forest fires on Gaskin Lake and near Ely in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness put me on edge. I’m happy to say I’m back in the middle and no longer on the edge with the recent …
I don’t have any major plans for celebrating the Summer Solstice. It actually makes me kind of sad to think the days are already getting shorter. While I don’t necessarily like to see the sun at 5:00am and it’s …
The ditches of the North Shore of Lake Superior are filled with lupines ready to burst with color. Soon there will be pink, white and predominantly purple lupines stretching to the sky from Duluth, MN to Grand Marais, MN. …
Happy Father’s Day to all you fathers out there, especially the father of my children and the grandfathers of my children. The Duluth News Tribune posted some historic information regarding the Gunflint Trail. I didn’t realize right away …