It is so nice to be halfway through the month of June without any major threat of a forest fire. The few rain showers this week were slow soakers that keep everything wet and green. The leaves have been exploding from their branches and once again our home is no longer visible from the Gunflint Trail. Green-up is always an... READ MORE >
Every year I plant my tomatoes during the first week of June—and every year I lose a few to frost. This year proves to be no different. Anyone can be fooled once but it takes a real stubborn Swede, like myself, to get fooled every year. I covered them up at night with a tarp but a few of the... READ MORE >
It was not very long ago that I cherished the green-up every spring. I would anxiously await the bright sunny days and fresh smell of blooming trees fueled by the cool May showers. Spring is an exciting transition from winter, marking the return of the summer residents and the start of another fishing season on the Gunflint Trail. It is... READ MORE >
Week two of the Minnesota fishing season and the bigger lakes are finally open. Saganaga was reported to have a big chunk of ice plugging up Cache Bay to the west of American Point, but it should all be gone this week. I have yet to wet a line so the fishing report is going to be brief. A majority... READ MORE >
Opening week of fishing in Minnesota and I could not be less excited to catch a fish. I don’t even have a motor on my boat. Like many other folks I am already behind schedule and the worst part is that I still cannot even get started. The lakes are still too frozen to start up sprinkler systems and the... READ MORE >
It is now a safe assumption that the lakes are still going to be frozen solid on the fishing opener this weekend. The overnight temperatures fell below freezing last week and did not allow the lakes to melt down much up here. This will certainly be an opener to remember. The Cross River at Gunflint Lake has cut a trail... READ MORE >
The sun came out and the snow melted. It is nothing short of amazing how fast the ground became exposed this week on the Gunflint Trail. A few patches of white can still be seen in the woods but its days are numbered—especially if we get some rain showers this week. With the last storm leaving a couple of feet... READ MORE >
I should have warned everyone that it usually snows whenever I leave town with my family. While we were traveling last week, the Gunflint Trail was buried under 24 inches of snowfall. It was a great week to be in Iowa. The snow came down so fast and furious that it was almost impossible to plow with a truck. There... READ MORE >
The ice season for walleye anglers has come to an end, but old man winter has not. Gunflint Trail lakes are still not showing any signs of thawing and we are only three weeks away from the 2013 fishing opener. It could be an interesting change of events if I have to use an ice auger on opening day. Saturday... READ MORE >
Our 10-month-old son, Bo, is now mobile. It is such an amazing thing to watch an infant discover how to crawl for the first time— even though it also made my heart skip when I discovered he was no longer sitting where I had left him. Good thing we have a small house. Rachelle and I childproofed our home when... READ MORE >
