A Time to Snowshoe
For everything there is a time and today it’s time to snowshoe with Josh’s class at school. Around 11 today I’ll start my journey down the Gunflint Trail to Grand Marais so I can go snowshoeing around 12:30. I …
National Winter Trails Day on the Gunflint Trail
Without even knowing January 8th was National Winter Trail’s Day I celebrated it by spending time on the trail. I didn’t spend quite as much time on the trail on Saturday as I did on Friday but I’d say two …
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Skied the Banadad Trail
We survived the Banadad Ski Trail. No major injuries, no mishaps and no frostbite that we know of. Sheri and I started our trek around noon yesterday afternoon at the Boundary Country Trekkng on the South end of …
My Voyageur Friends
Owning a BWCA canoe outfitting business makes us quite a popular place during the summer months. But it seems we have just as many visitors come to visit us in the winter. Feathered friends frequent our feeder at Voyageur …
Skiing Bliss Not Blisters
I went cross-country skiing on the Upper Gunflint Trail sky system for a second time yesterday. Mike had a meeting at Gunflint Trail Fire Hall II so I decided I would spend his meeting time skiing. He thought I had …
Anyone Know a Good Lawyer?
I knew the deadline for pulling our Trademark application for the name "Mush for a Cure" was fast approaching. What I didn’t know until I finally dug through my records was the deadline was the 3rd of January. Oops. …
Above Zero on the Gunflint Trail
As long as it’s above zero I’ll venture outside to go cross-country skiing. Yesterday it was a few degrees above zero so I got my first ski of the season in. In spite of the fact I love winter …
Falling Down
I knew what I wanted to write about today but I didn’t know how to make it all come together. I was just going to call it a potpourri but then I came up with the "Falling Down" theme. It seems there’s …
Back to Reality
Five-thirty is going to come too early tomorrow morning after having been able to sleep in over the kid’s Christmas break. Somehow I imagine we will adjust and I’m hopeful Josh will make it through the day without a game …
Happy New Year from the Snowy Gunflint Trail
I’m not sure if you exchange presents on New Year’s Day but this year Mother Nature gave the Gunflint Trail one or two or three more inches of fresh snow! Even with the wind howling the snow is remaining …