ON THIS WEEK’S Road Scholar expedition in Minnesota’s Bluff Country, fine weather is making everything more enjoyable. 101 species so far including a spectacular Scarlet Tanager and a Turkey Vulture doing his best Count Dracula impression. A highlight was the chance to meet world-renowned birder, author and artist David Allen Sibley and get a couple books signed, at the National
ARRIVING HOME from my last Road Scholar trip of the season (they were all great!) I found this monster parked by the cabin. I knew what was up. The old (94 years?) chimney has been leaking and needed to be redone. ‘Tuckpointing’ it is called. Lots of new mortar, a whole new cap, etc. It is not easy to find
IMPORTANT NEWS: Beautiful Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center, one of my favorite places on Earth (and where my son Bryan Wood happens to be Executive Director) is asking for support. They need help in their vital work of connecting kids to nature. And grown-ups, too. They are in the midst of their annual Benefit Week, raising funds for scholarships, classes,
OUR ROAD SCHOLARS have had a great time exploring Voyageurs National Park and environs. A last evening in Ely overlooking Shagawa Lake. Then two days of lovely weather (after a tough stretch.) A Park Boat cruise to Kettle Falls in the heart of the Border Country. A fine meal at The Dam Restaurant in tiny Orr, MN. Then paddling among
FOLLOWING A GRAND sunset on the shore of Gitchi-gami, our Road Scholars awoke to a drizzly morn. The drive to Ely remained foggy and misty, and with arrival at Sigurd Olson’s Listening Point the thunderstorms and torrential rains began to roll through with a vengeance. But we enjoyed the old cabin and the writing shack, with stories and mandolin music
A BEAUTIFUL DAY to start our June Road Scholar North Woods trip. Heading out with rain in the morning, we drove out of the bad weather and by the time we reached Gooseberry Falls the skies had cleared (mostly) allowing a grand view of the falls and a lovely hike out to the tip of Shovel Point in Tettegouche State