The Other Berry
It’s been a summer of bumper crops for raspberries and blueberries and now the other berry is ripening up nicely in the northwoods. The thimbleberries are popping out everywhere and I love to eat them straight off of the bush. …
Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
You wouldn’t expect to find haze or pollution in the air above the Boundary Waters yet sometimes it’s there. Not from the campfires within the BWCA but from pollution created by power plants, paper mills and mining operations in …
Great Day in the BWCA
If you were out in the Boundary Waters yesterday then consider yourself blessed. It was a great day to be paddling or camping or just relaxing in the wilderness. Saganaga was like glass without a ripple on the water’s …
Wonderful Weather
It’s a blue sky morning on the Gunflint Trail. The forecast calls for perfect paddling conditions with only slight breezes blowing. If only work wasn’t on my schedule… I love to daydream about the many day trips I …
Did It Have To Back Up?
If you missed reading yesterday’s blog then I suggest you go back and read that one first and then continue on to today’s blog. If you’re like me and don’t have time then the gist is I felt like I got …
What Size Truck?
It feels like I have been ran over by a truck but I am not sure what size truck it was. Back in the day, when Mike’s younger brother Scott was still in High School we used to drive …
There’s No Place Like Home
There are some wonderful places to visit in the world but there is no place like home. We spent the weekend in Boise, Idaho and were pleasantly suprised with the outdoor recreational opportunities right in the city. It’s awesome. …
What’s Happening?
There’s plenty to do in Grand Marais, MN this weekend. Of course, I think you should be out enjoying the gorgeous weather by paddling in the Boundary Waters or Quetico. But if you would rather be in Grand Marais then …
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Wet and Wild
Holy buckets of rain fell last night. I’m not sure how much total rain we received but the puddles this morning are full! By midnight over a half of an inch of rain had fell and it didn’t sound …