The Adventures of Myron and Dorcas

I belong to an exclusive and unique canoe club, the DBT (Dumb But Tough) Club. This club is so exclusive that there are only three members...

We came off the Namekagon River about noon today. The Namekagon River is beautiful, but the weather was dreadful. We paddled about 50 mi...

We came out of the Boundary Waters about 11:00 this morning. We had a great trip, as usual. The weather was good, although a little wetter...

Today we will put into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for a 15-day trip. Dorcas and I have done this paddle with our friends Wa...

Today we experienced the 8 th annual Boundary Waters Blues Festival , held on the shores of Fall Lake in beautiful downtown Winton , MN (po...

Puppies like sticks. Matilda likes sticks more than most puppies. Matilda is in heaven. So many sticks, so little time. Matilda is now 4 ...

In a previous post I described the fire ban that went into effect this week. The ban affects the entire route we had planned for our BWCAW ...

We have observed a funny thing here, both in Ely and on the Superior North Shore. Late on Thursday night, every single week, the price of g...

It has been extremely dry in Minnesota. There has been no significant rain since June, when it rained cats and dogs for several days. That...

Another blatant monopoly.

As with many places on this trip, we have driven by the Soudan Underground Mine many times, but have never stopped. Today we spent the day...

This afternoon we arrived in Ely . It is always exciting driving into Ely. I don't know if it is the anticipation of putting into the ...

On our last full day on the North Shore, we cruised up the shore to check out the Minnesota State Parks along the North Shore. There is a mo...

We hauled our bikes (1633 miles so far) more than anything else, so we could bike on the Gitchi-Gami State Trail . The Gitchi-Gami State Tra...

Today we spent the day hiking around Gooseberry Falls State Park . We hiked on the Gitchi Gummi Trail (not to be confused with the Gitchi-G...

Following are a few photos from Gooseberry Falls State Park.

When in public places I have always enjoyed discreetly watching other people go by. Matilda has apparently learned the joys of doggie watchi...

Today we moved from Two Harbors a whopping 13 miles up the shore to Gooseberry Falls State Park . We had been at Two Harbors for 8 nights an...

We've enjoyed our stay at Burlington Bay Campground in Two Harbors, MN so we decide to spend our last day here seeing the sights in Two...

Dorcas and I, with our friends Wayne and Lynda, have passed through Duluth many times on our way to and from the BWCAW. Duluth has a lot of ...