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Stick Bathing
Part one of our 2021 winter adventure starts with Not Hot. I may be biased, but I highly recommend it. An entirely different experience from traveling on the ice, was our regular stick baths. If Japanese forest bathing is like … Continue reading
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Tagged BWCA, Minnesota winter, Type 2 Fun, wilderness adventure, winter, winter camping
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Not Hot
I confess. This is the first winter camping trip where we didn’t camp. I’ve never been so tested on how many times our adventure plans could change. Original plans went 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Then became 2, 3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventures, BWCA, Type 2 Fun, winter camping, Winter in Minnesota
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A Very Dirty Honeymoon
“Again! Again! Let’s do that again!” I can see my inner child hopping, clapping, squealing with glee. That inner child keeps popping into my thoughts while reflecting on our honeymoon eight years ago. It wasn’t a “normal” honeymoon. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, BWCA, canned salmon, canoeing, Garage Grown Gear, grand portage, honeymoon, paddling, Type 2 Fun, voyageurs national park
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5 Winter Camping Lessons
As Will and I are getting ready for our ninth winter camping adventure in mid February, I should share a story from once upon a time… In February 2020, right before the end of the world as we knew it. … Continue reading
Tortoise Raging
It went too well! The problem with having a nearly perfect trip is there is less of a story to tell. The TL,DR (“Too Long, Don’t Read”) version of this goes: The weather was awesome, we were awesome. It … Continue reading
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Tagged backcountry skiing, brewery, BWCA, portage, pulks, Type 1 Fun, Type 2 Fun, winter camping
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Chupacabras and Running
Running is not normally part of a paddling trip and mysterious noises are never on the itinerary. The mud and snow we had earlier are a bit par for course, but our next three days gave us two “fun” experiences. Unfortunately, like … Continue reading
Mud and Snow
Will and I set out for our first paddling trip in four years. It was just the right amount of type two fun. Type 2.1 – mostly fun with just enough weird angry swearing to have a story to tell. … Continue reading
Bad Igloo, Good Cabin
On day three we decided to make an igloo. It would be a fun way to spend a layover day. We were optimistic. Years ago I bought this thing: We’d tried and failed three times in past years. This time … Continue reading
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Tagged BWCA, camping, igloo, kymsfavorite, outdoors, snow, winter biking, winter camping
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Chop Wood, Carry Water
It snowed for the first two days. Beautiful picturesque winter wonderland snow. We were so stoked to finally be on this adventure. We crossed two lakes (Ojibway and Triangle in the Superior National Forest). Then did a gnarly portage to the … Continue reading
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Tagged BWCA, camping, chop wood, outdoors, snow, winter, winter camping
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