Went back through an old Journal. What follows are some of my old “camp notes.” Somewhat random thoughts that I documented in a simple journal while out canoe camping. They…
One of my favorite things to do at work is to go back through correspondence with trip clients and customers and read their responses to their trips. Shortly after someone…
Driftwood Sometimes, through the mist,I can see the lichen advancing.Creeping across granite slabsgreening in the shadows,transposing the hours andyears intomomentslostin the changingof the guardwhere dawn leaves thedeepest, thickest darknessbehind and…
A few highlights from the trip follow: -Paddled in Thursday the 11th and out Monday the 15th. -Expected ice on LLC but didn’t run into ANY -Water surface temps as cold…
This week, we’re looking at several days in the 60s to be followed by some rain. Most measurements show us being somewhere in the top 3-5 snowiest winters every up…
There’s a heat wave hitting the Midwest, but so far here in Ely it has been cool and we’ve gotten about an inch or so more rain. Today is alternating…
Sometimes, if we are honest, and perhaps more often than not, who knows, we want to experience things on our own. For some of us, we actually want to answer…
Time for canoe tripping. We had a great week of sun and wind and rain. Ice is gone until next winter. It is time for paddling and camping and fun…
It feels like Winter used to feel like in the Northwoods when it would hang about in Ely waiting in the wings, waiting to catch us off guard. We have…