Fourteen miles up the Caribou Trail is Tait Lake. The roads around the lake, Cap’s Trail and Billie’s Trail, were named for my aunt and uncle Mathilde “Billie” Petersen and Martin “Cap” Petersen. They once owned the land upon which today’s Tait Lake residents have built their homes. The original Tait Lake Lodge, which Cap and Billie built, was their […]

I was eight years old the summer of my first crush, and it was a big one. He was an older man. Nineteen years old. He worked at the Pure gas station at the bottom of the Cramer Road on Highway 61. My brother and I would jump on the black hose that led to a garage bell in the […]

I have interests in many things, but two of my passions are working with young people and athletics. In particular, I love team sports because they combine these passions. Unless one is truly involved with a team throughout an entire sports season, it is hard to fully understand how difficult it is to establish positive team chemistry in which all […]

Thelakes are melting very fast up here. Gunflint has already separated from the shore with three feet of open water on the north side in front of the old Moosehorn Bed and Breakfast. The Cross River is showing signs of open water, and Seagull Creek is flowing as well. We are still seeing some ice anglers up here, but the […]