Snowy Saturday After Thanksgiving
Yesterday I enjoyed a walk without worrying about slipping on ice and snow. I went to the Trail’s End Campground for a look around and startled two busy beavers in a pocket of open water. I also checked out …
The Day After Thanksgiving
How are you spending the day after Thanksgiving? Are you shopping? Putting up a Christmas Tree? Back at work? I’m doing a little bit of all from the end of the Gunflint Trail today. I’m not the type of person …
A Thanksgiving Full of Thanks
We’re thankful for many things on this beautiful Thanksgiving Day. It would be impossible to include them all here in a blog. We’re especially thankful for our families, friends and guests of Voyageur. We wish you a stomach filled …
Spring Like Conditions on the Gunflint Trail
The sun is shining brightly this afternoon and the temperature is 47 degrees. There is water dripping off of the roof, the deck is free of snow and there’s the tell-tale sign of spring, mud. We call spring "mud …
Awesome BWCA Video
I knew him when… Nate Ptacek used to work on the Gunflint Trail at a canoe outfitting business and now he works as a photographer and videographer for Patagonia in California. I remember when he made a video of life at an …
USFS Makes a Smart Decision regarding BWCA Permits
The Fall Cooperator Meetings with the USFS centered around a couple of decisions. One not so important decision on the Gunflint Trail was the idea to do away with the Boundary Waters Lottery system. The lottery has never affected the …
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Let’s Play Hockey!
Yesterday was the first game of the 2011-2012 Silver Bay Squirt season. It was quite the opening game against a team from Two Harbors. Why is this an important event to me, who lives 120 miles from the arena? …
Bye, Bye Open Water
One day the Seagull River was open and the next it’s not. This morning when we looked outside we were greeted with a world of white and no open water in sight. It looks like winter is here to …
Boundary Waters Lottery Revisited
It wasn’t too long ago when the USFS told Cooperators there was no longer going to be a lottery for entry permits. The folks on the Gunflint Trail were not concerned because our entry points into the BWCA aren’t …
Where Are You Hiking Today?
According to a site with a day for everything November 17th is Take a Hike Day. The American Hiking Society doesn’t appear to be celebrating it but it doesn’t mean you can’t. The wind is howling and the …