Adventures & Hiking
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Tettegouche State Park Hiking Trails Are the North Shore’s Best-Kept Not-So-Secret
Waterfalls, cliffs, and Lake Superior views without a brutal hike in. My honest, trail-by-trail guide to Tettegouche State Park’s best day hikes on the North Shore.
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Hiking Hyalite Canyon: Grotto Falls, Palisade Falls, and the Whale Who Watches Over Bridger Bowl
Three trails, two waterfalls, one rare rubber boa, and a whale you absolutely cannot look at on the way to Bridger Bowl. Here’s everything you need to know about hiking Hyalite Canyon and the Middle Cottonwood Trail near Bozeman, Montana.
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All Women, All Paddles, No Lily-Dipping – My Montana Whitewater Rafting Review
It started with a college orientation. Four years ago, I brought my daughter Erica to Bozeman for her first look at Montana State University. Naturally, we celebrated by throwing ourselves into the Gallatin River with Montana Whitewater. Fast forward four years. Erica is now a full-blown Montanan with deep roots in the Bozeman community. She…
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Visiting Sacred Native American Sites: Bear Lodge and the Medicine Wheel
A road trip to two sacred Native American sites, Devil’s Tower and the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, and what we learned about reverence, protocol, and the quiet power of paying attention.
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When the Trail Tackles You
I’ve been tackled by the trail more times than I’d like to admit. Ankle pops, mud baths, and one legendary hair-do trail angel later, here’s what backpacking the SHT actually taught me.
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Foraging for Spring Wild Edibles on Minnesota’s North Shore
Last weekend, my friend Sue and I went foraging for wild edibles on Minneosta’s North Shore at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais. The class was called Foraging for Spring Wild Edibles and I had been trying to get into it for three years. This year, I finally vowed to get registered. The…
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Afton State Park: Hidden Gem Near the Twin Cities
You know how time just passes by in the blink of an eye? It had been somewhere around eight to ten years since I had last set foot in Afton State Park. I’m still trying to figure out exactly how long it had been, because that first visit was the one that changed my life…