We’ve brought in all new gear for our Canoe Trip Outfitting season. That means we’ve got plenty of used gear from last season on sale. Tents at savings like never…
Boy, when the sun decides to show up in Ely, everything changes. When the calendar turned the page on April this year it felt like we might be done with…
With no official time posted when I left the house at 7:30 a.m. Monday morning I had to trust the Loons who were cavorting and singing and splashing their way…
We have Winter at least six months of the year up here in Ely, Minnesota. It begins for the most part and most often in October. Not always, but often…
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…
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…
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…
On Friday afternoon the sun left Ely for more southern climes I guess. The clouds rolled in and the wind picked up. Shagawa Lake has become, over the years, the…