The “I Smell Smoke Fire”
It’s been really warm the past few days and today I had fire on my mind.(Ok, well it’s on my mind alot these days but today more than normal.) I was thinking about the lack of humidity, the wind …
Friendships Formed
A vacation at Voyageur is a great way to spend quality time together. At Voyageur there are no telephones or televisions in the cabins to occupy your time. Guests can bring their computers to check e-mail but we do not recommend it and …
Water Level in the BWCA
The Seagull River flows into Saganaga Lake through a "rapids." It isn’t a technical rapids and there is usually plenty of water to navigate through with a boat and a motor. This year the rapids started out very low …
Great Outdoors Month
Not that I need any more incentive to enjoy the great outdoors but if some of you need motivation then listen to the President of the United States. George W. Bush has proclaimed June as Great Outdoors Month. Great …
Beautiful Boundary Waters
The conditions are perfect for a paddle today. The sun is shining, the lakes are calm and I can hear the wilderness calling my name. It’s days like today when you wake up to the call of a loon …
Kid’s Fishing Party
We started the Take a Kid Fishing Weekend a little early at Voyageur this year. Thursday was Josh’s birthday and he wanted it to be a "fishing theme." It’s always difficult not to invite the entire class but we …
Rain and More on the Gunflint Trail
It seems like Mother Nature is trying to beg forgiveness for the Ham Lake Fire. She has been providing us with the much needed rain to bring our lake levels back up and close to normal for this time …
Take a Kid Fishing
This weekend is Take a Kid Fishing weekend in Minnesota and we’d love to see you fishing at Voyageur. If you are a Minnesota resident then you can fish without a license June 8-10th as long as you are …
Campfires Anytime
Campfire restrictions have been lifted in the Boundary Waters. Now instead of allowing campfires from 7pm until Midnight you can have a campfire anytime. We’ve received almost four inches of rain in June and we aren’t even one week into …
Unique Opportunity
The Ham Lake Fire that started a month ago today is over and out as they say in radio speak. It will be recorded as history and placed in the memory bank of many people. It has given those …