Canoe Moves
I was looking at a paddling magazine the other day and found an article about trading places in a canoe. It was a short article with a photo of one man crawling over another man in an empty canoe. It …
Loss of Life… Gunflint Trail Fishing Guide Drowns
Life vests save lives. How many times have we heard that? The tricky thing with life vests is you have to wear them in order for them to work. If they are zipped up around the seat, casually stored on …
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What You Wouldn’t Go Camping Without
I’m not sure there is any item that I need so badly that if I couldn’t bring it with on a BWCA canoe camping trip then I would stay home. I’m not sure why or when I started thinking about …
This Picture Speaks Many Words
They say a picture speaks a thousand words. How many words does this picture speak to you? I’m not even going to start to tell you what this photo is saying to me!
Colors are Coming to the North Shore
The Gunflint Trail is always beautiful but it isn’t the best place to see the fall colors in Northeastern Minnesota. The majority of our trees have needles instead of leaves so there aren’t too many different colors to see. We …
Lessons Learned From the Mother of all Storms
Labor Day Weekend I went camping in the Boundary Waters with my son and 5 of his friends. We had an overnight boat and motor permit for Saganaga Lake and had a great campsite. Teacher that I am I never …
Crave the Wilderness
It’s a craving like none other when you crave for the wilderness. It’s a deep and powerful yearning that is always in the back of your mind. Almost like an invisible magnet is tugging at you and all you would …
Brave or Dumb? A Cliff Jumper’s Dilemna
This summer I have been made aware of a few deaths of cliff jumpers. We’re not talking about divers far away in Acapulco but about one in the Boundary Waters and two in Lake Superior. I’m sure there could be …
I Saw a Waterspout
You would think I would have seen hundreds of waterspouts in my life but I haven’t. I did see one the other day though and it was really cool! I was outside working on the docks on a very calm …
Always Be Prepared in the BWCA
I have a day pack filled with items that I bring along when I go hiking, blueberry picking, day paddling or out in the fishing boat on Saganaga. I rarely use the items in the bag and lugging it around …