We found ourselves on top of this bluff, only a short hike from the car. Canada was just a couple miles to the north. Lake Superior 30 to the east. A BWCA lake stretched out before and below us. It was quiet and lonely, surprisingly so, being just a couple hundred yards from a wide [...]
Not ready to be home
September 2, 2007
(Jordan Lake Narrows) Rosie and I just got back from a great three-night trip to the Boundary Waters with a crew of four rookie Californians (and one rookie dog). I’ll post more words and photos soon.
Of Memory and Ashes
May 9, 2007
I saw a report this morning that Superior-North Canoe Outfitters has lost most of its structures to the Ham Lake Fire, which is currently burning in the Boundary Waters. Superior-North outfitted the first BWCA trip Rosie and I ever went on together (which was my first ever). Every Journey Begins Before A Single Step I [...]
The Cliffs of Kekekabic, Part Five: The Winds of Kekekabic
December 1, 2006
“Switch!” Rosie yelled from the bow. I switched sides and dug in with my paddle against the fierce wind that was blowing relentlessly down Kekekabic Lake, making forward progress seemingly impossible and whipping up whitecaps that tossed our canoe around like a toy boat in some sadistic child’s bathtub. The muscles in my shoulders were [...]
The Cliffs of Kekekabic, Part Four: Day of Rest
November 13, 2006
It was Monday. Not a bad day for a layover day in canoe country. Thoughts of what was going on around my workplace barely entered my mind. Today would be the only day we would not have to break camp and set up camp during the trip. We had a nice site with lots of [...]