Angle to Key West: The Mississippi River (9/13)
Mississippi River south of Palisade, MN – September 13, 2012 Lake Superior, it looms. It forces its grandeur on you. You see it and you stare at that blue water […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Angle to Key West: Quest for Fire (9/12)
Mississippi River above Palisade, MN – September 13, 2012 “Do you think I could squeeze in up there?” I asked. The two men peered down at me from the campsite. […]
Angle to Key West: Three Months (9/11)
Big Sandy Lake, MN – September 11, 2012 ———- If you have no idea who Wally is, read this and this first. ———- “So I was talking to a […]
Angle to Key West: Finding the Edge (9/10)
“At last we saw a clump of tall birch-trees, for which we steered and found ourselves on a small circular island, which afforded a comfortable resting place, and from which […]
Angle to Key West: Hell’s Playground (9/9)
“To describe the difficulties of this portage would puzzle a Scott, or a Knickerbocker even…Neither language nor pencil can paint them…The rain Saturday evening and the Sabbath has rendered the […]
Angle to Key West: Long Walk to the Gates of Hell (9/8)
“It is generally considered the worst ‘carrying place’ in the Northwest, and judging from the great number of canoes which lie decaying along this part of it, having been abandoned […]
Angle to Key West: Brews and Canoes This Friday
Hi Everyone! If you’re in the Minneapolis area and want to say hi, hear about the trip so far, and hang out with the fantastic people from Friends of the […]
Angle to Key West: East Savanna River (9/7)
East Savanna River near Floodwood, MN – September 7, 2012 The East Savanna River is nothing more than a tongue of black water no wider than my boat is long. […]
Angle to Key West: Claustrophobic (9/6)
St. Louis River – September 6, 2012 The river feels tight and bony. Rocks skim the surface, popping out of dark water to scrape against the hull. I’m in and […]
Angle to Key West: Midnight Train To Cloquet (9/5)
St. Louis River above Cloquet, MN – September 5, 2012 Cloquet is a ghost town at 2 am. The streets are empty, no more than a car or two an […]
