We walked the Stub Lake hiking trail on Saturday. The season of Autumn had already begun to change. Hours after the shorelines began to be dotted with some of the…
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…
What a difference a day makes. Yeah, we know, this is just a diary how the days are going up here while April turns its pages. If this weren’t happening…
Thursday, April 19, 2018 Guest Blog by Cara Berzins Ladies, no matter what hats we wear and titles we carry, I suspect that there are some core things we all…
When you live in a small tourist town summertime is the time to hustle. Jobs are plentiful, and the hours are available. In the town of Ely, MN it’s…
April 18, 2018: Ice Out Report from early season canoeists #14 Little Indian Sioux North and the Portage River Open water can’t get here soon enough. We decided to go…
This transitory time of year reveals temporary treasures that can only briefly be appreciated outside of memory. Cameras only collect these beautiful things out of context, and so with imagination…
Poem: April Ice
April Ice Birch trees rise from the cliffs, tenuous in their grip on granite bluff and marginally layered soil, like teeth in a crooked, gapped and laughing smile. Against the…
Skiing and biking on the lakes when we can’t paddle is great exercise and great fun. You really couldn’t get lost in the fog on Burntside Lake yesterday (April 6th,…