Minnesota Redux: The Run and the Flames

Ely, MN: August, 2021 Continued from Minnesota Redux: The Sunset and the Shallows The activities in far north Minnesota in the summer revolve around either woods or water, and given the temperature, we spent the afternoons with the latter. The lodge fee includes rentals on non-motorized watercraft: paddleboards, kayaks, canoes, and something called an aqua-cycle. WhenContinue reading “Minnesota Redux: The Run and the Flames”

By Land and By Lake: Hiking and Kayaking the North Woods

Burntside Lake, MN: September, 2016 By Lake (Then): I much prefer kayaking to canoeing.  The latter requires far less teamwork and you can get by as long as you have at least a foggy idea of what you are doing.  Canoeing on the other hand, will test even the most ironclad of relationships.  No matterContinue reading “By Land and By Lake: Hiking and Kayaking the North Woods”