Angle to Key West: Mississippi Sucker Punch (9/19)
Mississippi River north of Little Falls, MN – September 19, 2012 Grey clouds covered the sky, their edges black and cold. Wind raced up the river, twisting and turning through […]
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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: 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: Fading Duluth (9/3)
St. Louis River near New Duluth, MN – September 3, 2012 Duluth’s harbor is a maze of industry. Giant grain silos rise into the sky near ore docks, piles of […]
Angle to Key West: Somehow (9/2)
Duluth – September 2, 2012 “So what’s the route from here to the Mississippi?” Deanna asked. “Up the St. Louis River to Floodwood, then up the East Savanna River to […]
Angle to Key West: Two Months (8/11)
Grand Marais, MN – August 10, 2012 ————— If you have no idea who Wally is, read this first. ————— “Don’t think I didn’t hear what that guy decked out […]
