Morning Music
It is so nice to wake up to the sounds of birds singing outside of my window. One of my favorite birds to listen to is the white throated sparrow. Its’ call has been said to sound like, "Oh sweet …
Same Moose Different Day
We have a resident moose on Sag Lake Trail who likes to greet Abby and I every morning as we drive out to the bus stop. She looks like last year’s calf because she is quite small in size. Since …
Crane Flies
The pussy willows have popped, the rhubarb is coming up and the mosquitos have even made their first appearance in the northwoods. Along with the mosquitos are the Crane Flies which are often confused with mosquitos. Crane flies spend their …
The Spawn is On
It’s that time of the year when we head down to the Trail’s End Campground to watch the Walleyes spawn. They swim up the Seagull River all of the way to the falls where the females lay their eggs and …
Spring Peepers
THEY’RE BACK! The Spring Peepers are out of hibernation and back to work peeping in the swamps and singing their chorus on warm spring nights. The great chorus of peeping is generated by male Spring Peepers which are only about the …
Northern Pike Fishing
We had a great day fishing on Saganaga Lake on Sunday. Mike put the boat in and got all of the fishing gear out of storage from the winter and away we went. The sun was shining and there was …
Snow Showers
Mother Nature answered my question about what April hail brings. Today it brought us snow! After a wonderfully warm day yesterday it cooled off enough for it to snow periodically throughout the day. I am sure the only reason it …
April Showers
If April Showers bring May flowers then I would like to know what hail will bring? Any suggestions? Friday started out beautiful with the sun shining brightly and then around one o’clock a big thunderhead moved in, lightening and all. …
Earth Day
Today is the 33rd Anniversary of Earth Day. We hope you will take the time today to do something positve for the environment. Each year we pick up trash along the Gunflint Trail and if the ground has thawed enough …
The Ice Is Out
The ice normally doesn’t go out on our lakes up here until the 7th of May. However, all of the lakes on the Gunflint Trail have lost their ice, even Saganaga. The big part of Sag held her ice as long …