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Welcome to March! Welcome to Spring! We have three months to get ready for the first of our three long legs on the way to Hudson Bay. Although we paddled the Mississippi for thirteen years, we never paddled over 18 days at a stretch, so this will be a little different for us. We expect... Continue Reading →
Sat, Feb 19 at 9:30 AM The Red River flows north for 550 miles. 400 of those miles are in the US along the border of Minnesota and North Dakota. 150 of those miles are in Manitoba, Canada, on the way to Lake Winnipeg. We will actually be starting this summer (June, 2022) on the... Continue Reading →
"Augurinn", an Icelandic folk tune Due to a series of unlikely events, I found myself as a tour guide for Icelandic trips. I have been to Iceland more than a dozen times, and led ten trips between 2010 and 2016. From the beginning, Iceland held a special appeal to me. Believe it or not, the... Continue Reading →
This is what started a lifetime of camping, canoeing, and outdoor adventures. It is my trusty GENUINE KNAPSACK, earned as a reward for selling American Seeds door-to-door in fourth grade. The fly says GLOBETROTTER CAMPING EQUIPMENT. Note the sturdy canvas construction, handy D-rings and adjustable straps. Once I earned this quality knapsack, I immediately started... Continue Reading →
My husband and I planned a winter visit to our island this week. We knew there was over a foot of snow on the lake, but we thought we were prepared. We had a four-wheeler in tow to transport us over the ice as we followed snowmobile tracks to the island. We weren't ready to... Continue Reading →
I remember seeing pictures of the statues on Easter Island in a National Geographic magazine when I was a child. I always wanted to go there and see them for myself. Easter Island belongs to the country of Chile, and we had an exchange student from Chile in 2004. A few years after Antonio returned... Continue Reading →
Today I am preparing a presentation for a S.A.L.T. meeting coming up soon. S.A.L.T. is an acronym for Seniors and Law Enforcement Together. It is an county meeting held once a month for the purposes of facilitating good feelings between our local law officers and our elderly., as well as educating the public. The topic... Continue Reading →
How much energy would it take to paddle a canoe across the continent? How many days would it take to get from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson Bay? How many paddle strokes? How many granola bars? These are questions that I never asked. Why? Because a cross-continental trip was never in the plans. It... Continue Reading →
Anne Sherve-Ose: Island Girl 