Angle to Key West: The Other Southernmost Point (3/9)
Key West, FL – March 9, 2013 ———- Sad the trip is almost over? Me too, but I’m sure the next adventure is coming soon. If you want to keep […]
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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: 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: The Hardest Portage (8/10)
North Shore of Lake Superior, MN – August 10, 2012 “So what’s the hardest portage?” someone asked a man decked out in voyageur gear, red cap and all. For one […]
Angle to Key West: Up Rapids and Jumping Off Cliffs (7/17)
I’m off the water for a few days, but the adventure will continue as soon as I get back and the Looksha accepts my apology for abandoning her. That doesn’t […]
Angle to Key West: The First Portage (6/29)
Lac La Croix, Boundary Waters Wilderness – June 29, 2012 Gravity holds for a moment, then gives way and the Looksha’s yellow hull rises toward the sky. The boat shifts […]
Angle to Key West: Kettle Falls (6/27)
Namakan Lake, Voyageurs National Park – June 27, 2012 A twisting maze of channels, bays, and islands connect Rainy and Namakan Lakes. I counted every turn and stared at my […]
Angle to Key West: Nudge (6/26)
Rainy Lake, Voyageurs National Park, MN – June 26, 2012 From fifty feet up, the water looked like concrete. I leaned over the edge of Anderson Bay’s cliffs and felt […]
Angle to Key West: Massacre Island (6/12)
Lake of the Woods, MN — June 12, 2012 I woke up on Massacre Island, looked at the calm water on the shore behind the Looksha’s overturned hull, and knew […]
