Tag: wilderness

• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Way

  A trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in northern Minnesota is all about the journey, not the destination.  It is what you don’t see on the way that makes it so special … no buildings, no power lines, no signs of development … it is a special place that must be preserved.…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  05/29/2015

  Photography, Travel

  Boundary Waters, BWCA, canoe, journey, Minnesota, On the Way, postaday, weekly photo challenge, wilderness

• 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…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  06/28/2013

  Travel

  Boundary Waters, BWCA, camping, canoe, Hungry Jack, lakes, Minnesota, nature, outdoors, Trail Center, unplugged, wilderness

• Embracing the Beauty of Winter

  I am wistfully wishing for more snow, as the last layer retreats with temperatures pushing 50 degrees Fahrenheit — an unseasonably warm day for early December.  We are past the warm colors of autumn, and the green of spring is many months away.  Living in northern Minnesota, you learn to embrace winter, or face the risk that…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  12/03/2012

  Travel

  Boundary Waters, dog sledding, dogs, Ely, forest, John Muir, Minnesota, nature, silent sport, trails, White Wilderness Sled Dog Adventures, wilderness, winter