Today is Cinco de Mayo where people celebrate Mexico‘s victory over France in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. Today is the 151st anniversary of the battle. Last year I was in Puebla in June. We toured a factory that made beautiful talavera ceramics. This beautiful piece was made to commemorate the battle. TT The [...]
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Canoeing with thunder clouds in Quetico Provincial Park
In Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada the weather forecast is as far as you can see over the horizon from where the direction where the weather is coming in. With no access to the internet or weather radio, you are completely at the whim of the elements while canoeing. The weather can change quickly. [...]
Sucking wind and a dripping booger at the American Birkebeiner
I had the honor of participating in the 40th running of the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski marathon in Hayward, Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago. I raced in the 54 kilometer classic race. It took me 5 hours and 31 minutes to finish the race with Fischer skis. I would have finished slightly faster had [...]
The rugged Great Smoky Mountains from Mt. Sterling
From the observation tower at Mt. Sterling, this pictures shows the rugged Great Smoky Mountains along the North Carolina and Tennessee border. Although the Appalachian Mountains are smaller and more wore down than their western counterparts, don’t tell that to any of the hikers who frequent the many trails in the fantastic national park. The [...]
Cross-country ski crash on the Gunflint Trail
Even the most experienced cross-country skiers have that moment when they lose their balance or their ski gets caught in deep snow or a rut. This cross-country ski crash was taken from the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota at the ski trails by Gunflint Lodge. There was 6 inches of fresh powder snow on the ground [...]
Cross-country ski and loopity loop the Pincushion Mountain trails
Pincushion Mountain is located just up the Gunflint Trail from the small Lake Superior town of Grand Marais. The Gunflint Trail cuts 60 miles into the Minnesota wilderness to lodges and lakes and is the entry point into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Provincial Park in Canada. In the winter the road is [...]
Cross-country skiing down Wipe Out Hill on the Gunflint Trail
A name like Wipe Out Hill is sure to scare many away from this hill in the Gunflint cross-country ski trails along the Gunflint Trail. There is a long escarpment that overlooks Gunflint Lake on the Highlands Trail. Wipe Out Hill takes skiers off this escarpment down towards the Gunflint Trail and the lodge. I [...]
Fresh snow on the Gunflint Trail
This photograph comes from the Gunflint Trail at the Gunflint cross-country ski trail system. Fresh snow slows down the skiing a little bit especially when the trails are not groomed, but skiing on fresh powder is nice. There is something about being the first skis to plow the virgin white snow and the slow going [...]
Big Cypress National Preserve roadside swamp in Florida
The Big Cypress National Preserve in southern Florida is a gorgeous spot with interesting lush vegetation which is teaming with wildlife. Tucked just north of its more famous brother, the Everglades, the Big Cypress is actually a little more interesting. The Everglades is a vast river of grass stretching for miles. It is a beautiful [...]
The fanny pack is the stealth bomber of adventure travel
This Saturday is International Fanny Pack Day, so this post is in honor of this day. On a recent trip to Mexico I learned a new way that the fanny pack can be useful. I found that it is the stealth bomber of the adventure travel world. We all know how great the fanny pack [...]
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