My Quality Day

  None of the things I wanted to show you today really turned out, but I keep working on labeling the pictures from the May hike in Minne...

  It was too early for many flowers to be out yet, but several were opening during the final week of our hike. I'm sharing these two be...

This is the first time I've taken this long of a trip in May. I've been out for five days in this month other years. But never b...

  We don't look like the brightest bulbs in the room in this picture, but here is the group (except me, I took the picture) that f...

  Well, if all went as planned we have reached our car this afternoon, and are probably warm and snug in a motel. There aren't t...

So, how does the trail stay open at all, given wind, fire, water... The answer is "VOLUNTEERS." Almost all of the work of any ...

Today we have the whole day off, and at a very nice place. This is the Gunflint Resort. We have picked up a supply box, taken hot shower...

We are at Gunflint Lodge, and taking a much looked-forward to day off! All nights have been below freezing, with only two warm days. But...

If we are on schedule we are sleeping in this bunkhouse tonight. It's offered as a low-cost option at the Gunflint Lodge, where most of...

I really don't know what today will be like. Several people told us that this section was very difficult and several people said it w...

I don't know anything at all about this section, so I just posted a piece of the map. The map does show you that we are just one lake...

Today we enter the designated Wilderness of the BWCA for the first time. A permit is required for this. If one wishes to canoe it's be...

Today we head north on the Border Route Trail, one of the oldest long hiking trails in the United States. It is much less-well marked tha...

I am going to use our travel days to tell you about the trails we will be hiking. Today is the Border Route Trail (BRT). The map above i...