Many years ago, on a hot day, we were portaging over a tough trail that seemed to go straight up. I wondered where some of the others in our canoe party were. They had not shown up for the second trip across the portage. When I came over the...
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We recommend that smart BWCA campers usually carry the following four items for safety and practicality: a whistle, fire starter, compass and a knife. Today, we are going to focus on knives. On a wilderness canoe trip, carrying a knife is a smart...
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I remember my first trip to the Boundary Waters. Truth is, I was both excited and nervous. While I had confidence in my canoeing skills, I had never really portaged between lakes before. I was not sure what to expect. A portage is defined as...
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Over the weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton Ohio. The collection is incredible and everyone should go there sometime. I saw two airplanes that particularly moved me. The first plane...
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Ahh, alliteration – the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Alliteration is a great way to tie ideas together like black flies, big bass and the Boundary Waters. So what do these...
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