Around 3 AM last night a wall of wind and rain pummeled our tent. I ran out to check the canoe and found it flipped upright with a large cedar laying over it, the trunk suspended a couple feet off the ground by its branches. (We placed the canoe back under the tree to show …
How can we avoid the mosquitoes? We need your help. Mosquitoes are buzzing around, especially in the evening when the sun goes down. What do you think we can do to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes? [contact-form-7 id=”8799″ title=”Dave’s Dilemma Answer”]
Tank has a two backpacks now, so he can carry things on each trip we make across a portage. We need your help to figure out what Tank should carry in his backpacks. What do you suggest? Bonus question: A sled dog can pull 150% of their body weight, but they can only carry up …
Sometimes we hear birds, but we don’t see them. It might dark out, like when we heard an owl hooting near our camp a few days ago. The birds might be in the trees, hidden behind a tangle of branches. Most of the birds we tell you about are birds that we have actually seen …
We need you to solve a dilemma about equipment for us. When we cross country ski, both Amy and I use ski poles. We have been carrying one spare ski pole in case one of ours breaks. It is one of my old poles. This pole is actually longer than any of the poles Amy …
The temperature is dropping. Last weekend the temperature dropped to -20F at night. We have really warm sleeping bags that keep us warm, even when it is -20F or -40F. Our tent has a stove in it that burns wood. We have to add logs to the stove every hour to keep the tent warm. …
Normally we get new food to eat every ten days. We knew that the time when the lakes are freezing would make traveling hard. That is why our last resupply contained 30 days worth of food. As we are eating up this food, we are noticing that we will have some odds and ends left. …
Every weekday we try to post a daily data, which includes a photo and a summary of our day. Plus, we list the animals that we encounter, the high and low temperature, miles traveled, portages taken, and number of lakes visited. We recently started posting high and low temperature, because a teacher emailed and asked …
Fall is here! Every day seems to get a little bit colder. We have even seen frost on the ground for the past few mornings. We need your help to figure out what to wear in the cold weather. What do you suggest? What do you wear outside in the fall and winter where you …
We are busy packing all of our equipment and getting ready to head into the Boundary Waters for a year. A year is a really long time and we have to be prepared for fall, winter, spring, and summer. Luckily friends will bring food and other supplies into the wilderness for us. Approximately every two weeks, all …
If you were heading into the Wilderness for 365 days, what would you bring? Read More »