Category: Picture
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Johnson Falls in the BWCA
Johnson Falls flow into Pine Lake. This is a short trip into the BWCA, but could be accomplished during a longer day trip. Very worthwhile! And I thought the falls at the Stairway Portage were the best in the BWCA. Not so, Johnson Falls has it.
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Lake Nipigon Kayaking
Lake Nipigon is a four hour drive from Grand Marais. This four hours puts it an equal distance away from me as the Apostle Islands, so it becomes a hard call on which way to drive for a sea kayaking trip. I’ve put some thought into this now and have come to the conclusion that…
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Little Cedar Spirit Tree (Manido Gizhigance or The Witch Tree)
I did a 13 mile kayak circumnavigation of Susie Island on Monday. On the way, I stopped for a second to pay my respects to the Little Cedar Spirit Tree (Opens in a New Window). Traditionally, a pinch of tobacco is left at the tree, but, since, the tobacco industry took two of my grandparents…
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Kadunce River
The Kadunce River on the northshore of Minnesota is one of those rivers that you never know exactly what you’ll get. Sometimes, it’s a raging whitewater river (Opens in a new window), sometimes it’s calm and easy to hike up (Opens in a new window), in winter, sometimes it’s ice and sometimes it’s snow covered…
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Skiing the Cascade River
Adam backed off the rock ledge looked over his shoulder, pushed off, gathered speed, and jumped off. I watched him soar through the air, land the leap, fall forward, and I shouted, “Are you okay?” He was fine, but his binding wasn’t. It seemed like we were on the precipice of an unfolding adventure. One…
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A Quick and Dirty Hugin Panoramic Stitcher Tutorial
I used to write for a magazine that had several articles in each issue called “Quick and Dirty.” They covered many topics, but the main goal of each article concentrated on accomplishing a complicated goal quickly with high quality results. The author’s goal was to write about the subject quickly, clearly, simply, and produce a…
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Sea Arch
Ilena in her Tahe (Eastpole) Reval kayak going through a sea arch (cave) on Lake Superior. Me doing a balance brace in front of an Inuksuk.
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Agawa Bay
Due east and 265 miles from Grand Marais, MN and you’ll hit Agawa Bay and the Agawa rock. The rock is considered sacred and painted with many pictographs. On Monday and Tuesday, I had the chance to visit Lake Superior Provincial Park, of which, the bay is part of. It’s a very nice park and…
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Georgian Bay Three
This was a fun shot to make. It’s around a minute or so of exposure. I used my strobe to flash the foreground, the tent and then twice on the trees. Steve was behind the tent with his flashlight painting the trees. I told him to concentrate his efforts on the tallest tree. Wow. Such…