Don’t let crossing the border make you nervous unless you’re packing a kilo and some guns. For the most part it is a non-event and if you are prepared it can go down smoother than a properly aged whiskey. Even traveling with a pet is easy if you’ve done your homework. We camp with two [...]
Like gardening fanatics who get itchy for spring in the dead of winter–you can tell them by the intensity in which they study garden catalogues in February with such longing—I get itchy to buy the perfect holiday gift gear for the campers in my life come the fall. I’ve learned over the years pay attention [...]
If I’m not camping my next favorite thing in the world to do is quilting. Add a couple of dogs and some of my favorite people to either activity and for me, it’s heaven. What’s even better for me is quilting while camping. Quilting is no longer the hobby of old ladies stitching squares of [...]
I fell in love for the very first time to the haunting harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and honestly, if CSNY are the last sound I hear when I depart this life, that will be just fine with me! I was fourteen years old the summer of love, 1969, too young to go [...]
My four-year old granddaughter Emme and I were sitting in my Santa Fe near the Timbuktu Marina launch on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. We were awaiting my son, her Daddy, to return with his boat to take us out to the island where we would be camping for the next week. Adam was hauling [...]
Whether your campfire is burning next to a lake in Minnesota, a glade in Florida, or atop of a Montana mountain, you are enjoying a front row seat to the greatest show on earth-the beauty of this land. Besides good company, good food, we’d all agree good music undoubtedly takes the experience up a notch [...]
My husband Hans and I left Stillwater Minnesota, our home east of St. Paul on Saturday August 31st to circle Lake Superior. This is Part II of our Lake Superior Circle Tour which picks-up where “Part I—Minnesota” left off... Just so you know if you go into Canada on Labor Day, even though it is [...]
I came to cairns rather late in life! I am not talking about the breed of dog of Toto fame. I am talking about the man-made piles of stacked stones built along pathways throughout the world. Cairns are a beautiful rock pile. If you are new to cairns you should know they are most commonly [...]
Part I – Minnesota Autumn comes early to Lake Superior’s North Shore. Even on the last days of August a chill can be felt in the evening air. I love camping this time of year. Campgrounds are quiet since children have returned to school. Bugs are minimal. The opportunities to observe wildlife seem to increase [...]
The very first time I camped-out was under the stars at my friend Connie’s house. We had no tent and minimal parental supervision. We had some old blankets and a beat up quilt we dragged off her brothers bed. It was a time in life when we had no cares. I like to think we [...]
