The Repair
This week, I’ve decided to take a rest. My thoughts are that I can rest a nagging pain in my arm, let the blisters heal completely, rework some food drops, and fix the crack in my kayak’s seat before it gets too big. Additionally, I have the time to install a backband into the kayak [...]
Topics: Journal, Tent Bound
Pilgrimage
pilgrimage (Plural pilgrimages)
2. A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tails, a pilgrim’s tale, begins set in the spring, the time of rebirth. It starts out flowery and then gets all A Knight’s Tale.
I read the entire poem plus much more of Chaucer in Middle English when in college. [...]
Topics: Tent Bound
Hiking the Cascade River with Diane and Diane
Cascade River State Park is located in Minnesota directly on the Lake Superior. It’s 10 miles east of Lutsen, Mn and 10 west of Grand Marais, MN. There is a kayaking campsite on the Grand Marais side of the river with a three-sided lean-to and a good beach for landing near the river’s mouth.
When paddling [...]
Topics: Journal, Lake Superior, Tent Bound
Exploration and Adventure Near Home
Years ago, a man named Jim had taught me to climb. I was in one of his climbing classes where he taught and guided some 50,000 people world-wide. He had traveled the world, put up over 600 new routes in the Andes, and still had time to teach climbing. Years after I took that climbing [...]
Topics: Tent Bound
Inspiration from Hiking Grandparents
Inspiration: An agency, such as a person or work of art, that moves the intellect or emotions or prompts action or invention.
The question of inspiration pops up in many conversations as I talk about my upcoming trip. How do I get inspired to complete a trip where I’ll be away from my loved ones for [...]
Topics: Tent Bound, Training
Lake Superior March 31 Storm
Just a little storm on Lake Superior today. Winds at 25 gusting to 40mph. Waves up to 6′, but mostly in the 3 to 4′ range. Lots of ice on the lake, but it got broken up today, so we should have good paddling from here on out. Just small pancake ice and skim ice [...]
Topics: Tent Bound
