March
March is a great month on the Gunflint Trail. Luckily we get to keep most of our snow throughout the month so we can still enjoy all of the great winter activities with mild temperatures. While most parts of the state and country …
Voyageur Pets
Our long time guests have enjoyed being greeted by Ambri and Jasper over the years. After thirteen seasons of welcoming friends and family Ambri is no longer with us. Jasper is still here moving slowly but enjoying winter nonetheless. Jasper …
Voyageur’s Calendar
I’m not sure how many of you have checked out our Northwoods Calendar of Events but if you haven’t then you really need to. If you go to our home page of our website and click on the calendar button …
Another Dogsled Race
Our former employee Alex Beebe Guidice competed in another dogsled race. This one was the Midnight Run in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He took 10th in a field of 50 racers and had a great time competing. It was 98 miles …
Snow Boot Ball
Winter fun on the Gunflint Trail continues today with all of the Winter Tracks Festival activities. There are a few seminars to choose from this morning including introduction to snowmobiling, winter camping and dog sledding. Later today there will be …
Winter Tracks Fun
We had a great time at last night’s snowshoe hike and tipi campfire. It was a beautiful hike through the quiet woods with the stars shining brilliantly overhead. Abby and Josh loved being outside in the dark and we even …
Winter Tracks Thursday
There are so many fun activities to choose from today for Winter Tracks I’m not sure what I’ll do. There is an introduction to ice fishing this morning as well as a snowshoeing introduction at 1:00 PM. The Mongolian Fire …
Gunflint Grooming
Proper grooming for Gunflint Trail living involves… just kidding, this is actually about ski trail grooming, not personal grooming. I know it isn’t April Fool’s Day, but I just thought we could start out with a little humor today. Grooming …
Luxury or Necessity
Friday night we had a full house here at Voyageur. Both of our lodge units were full and so was my house; my sister and her family were here for the weekend. I was just getting ready to do a …
Warming Up
I was able to get a little bit of frost on my eyelashes and I have to admit it was too cold to be skiing the other day. With the 30 below windchill it was a bit much. It didn’t …