Voyageurs National Park
Voyageurs National Park lies east of International Falls in Northern Minnesota. Most of the park is only accessible by boat, so a’boatin we…
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Worlds Largest Floating Loon
Another quirky “biggest” – the world’s largest floating loon. When you’re trying to attract the tourist dollar, you think up whatever you can….
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World’s Largest Hockey Stick
We stumbled across the world’s largest hockey stick when looking at things along our route up to International Falls. Part of breaking up…
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Eagle Mountain MN High Point
Eagle Mountain is the highest point in Minnesota at 2,301 feet. The 15 miles of dirt roads leading to the trailhead are amazing,…
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Lanesboro Minnesota Sunset
Farmland Sunset It’s not all mountains and snow – while Jim’s suffering in the cold, Colette is enjoying beautiful sunsets and green, lush…
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Itasca State Park
Making the journey to the headwaters of the Mississippi has been on my list for several years, as Colette had visited as a…
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Scenic State Park
Classic Northern Minnesota! We decided to take a down day between family stops, and Scenic State Park was nicely situated for a halfway…
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Rainy Lake Sailing
A beautiful Northern Minnesota day! If you can’t go to Canada, at least you can look at it as you sail along… Perfect…
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Historic Forestville
Not the best photos, but a great day trip down memory lane. Colette spent many summers here in Historic Forestville as a kid,…
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Spirited Sailing
We refer to this as a “spirited” day of sailing. Dead flat on race day, then blowing like stink on the way home….
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Kettle Falls Weekend
You know it’s a good weekend when you get to the end and wish for just another day. When Kevin invited me up…
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Northern Sunset
We love the mountains, but there certainly is something to be said for northern sunsets…
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Hammock Funtime
When hammock funtime goes horribly wrong. Finally getting around to going through 2017 photos and stumbled on this one. Yes, that’s a chicken…
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Follow the Leader
Five days in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness backcountry with Shelby, now it’s off to Colorado for a week to climb a…
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Seaside Snack
A rough day on the water. Rainy Lake, Minnesota
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Canoeing through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has been on my bucket list for quite a while. Colette did all of the research…
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Three Sisters Island
Three Sisters Island is located within Voyageurs National Park on Rainy Lake. As we didn’t have time for a multi-day sail, Kevin and…
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Grand Sunrise
Mother Nature’s 4th of July Morning Show. Two Harbors, Minnesota
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Seeing Double
A faint double rainbow at High Falls. Minnesota on the left, Canada on the right. Jul 4, 2017, 5:14 PM
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Superior Blue
Clear, Cold and Clean Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Open Carry
This one’s for you, Darren. How can you NOT frequent a place that gives a 10% discount if you concealed carry, and 25%…
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