Tag: camping
-
Unplugged and Off-the-Grid ~ Our Island Home (Part 3)
We finished our seventh portage of the day, and finally found ourselves in Long Island Lake, with the goal of setting up camp on the island closest to the portage. A pair of loons greeted us as we began paddling toward the island. My sons lifted their paddles and just floated along for a short…
-
Unplugged and Off-the-Grid: Getting our Paddles Wet (Part 2)
Turning off the cell phone and leaving it behind for four nights is a liberating feeling. Once we were up the Gunflint Trail, cell phone signals were no more. Problem-solving while camping and on the water in the BWCA would be handled through good old-fashioned brain power rather than plugging the query into Google. No…
-
Unplugged and Off-the-Grid: Gearing Up (Part 1)
Recently, I introduced you to (or for many of you, reacquainted you with) Minnesota’s cabin culture. In northern Minnesota, I dare say that Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) trips are woven into the region’s culture just as strongly. Amazingly, in over 20 years of living “up north” we had yet to make it into the…
-
On the Beaten Path is Sometimes Worthwhile
If you research campgrounds at Glacier National Park, as I did before we camped there several summers ago, the Many Glacier Campground on the eastern side of the Park is usually described as “one of the most popular” campgrounds in the Park. For me, phrases like that are usually a red flashing warning sign to…
-
I Walk Slow ~ reblogged from Backpacking Kids
Originally posted on Backpacking Kids: “I walk slow. I walk slow. Take my hand, help me on my way.” Lovers’ Eyes, Mumford & Sons The kids and I at Gem Lake (2007) When I’m out hiking or backpacking with my kids, I am often stopped by people who ask me how I got my kids…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 