Dave and Amy Freeman spent a year in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Amy and I left the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Friday after 365 days. There is so much we want to share with you about what we learned and how we feel about accomplishing something so important to us. Right now we are getting caught up on some really important things, so we thought …
We visited our 500th body of water on the 363rd day of our Year in the Wilderness. Crashing through wet branches and soggy moss, over rotting white pine trunks and through balsam thickets, we slowly bushwhacked towards Reflection Lake. The final 100 yards was a soupy, boot-sucking bog. Before we paddled into the Wilderness nearly …
Dave and I are almost done with our journey. After spending an entire year in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, we plan to exit on Friday! Did you know that we began our year on a special day last year? It was the Fall Equinox. An equinox is one of two days each year …
“Wilderness is the stash of seeds for the world garden.” Don Watson sent us these beautiful words yesterday.
For the first time in many months I felt the urge to burrow my head into my sleeping bag to warm the tip of my cold nose. More and more flecks of color appear in the forest each day. It is clear that fall will win its timeless battle with summer once again. A blanket …
We portaged past Curtain Falls for the last time during A Year in the Wilderness yesterday. We are traveling upstream through Crooked Lake, the Basswood River and Basswood Lake as we prepare to exit the Wilderness in ten short days.
Hello everybody. I’m Tank. Remember me? I am the sled dog who has turned into a canoe dog. I have been traveling with Dave and Amy since January 2, 2016. My mom, Acorn, and sister, Tina, spent the winter with us. Then they left when the lakes started to turn from ice to water. At …
Tank was all business on the portage between Rush Lake and Dark Lake. It’s not surprising because he seems to enjoy portaging far more than canoeing. It is probably due to all the smells along the portage trail and trees to mark. Dark Lake was the 497th body of water that we have visited during …
As we made breakfast Amy noticed this pine marten peering down at us from the crotch of a small cedar tree 8 feet above our heads. Soon Tank noticed it and was whining and pacing below. The marten seemed pretty agitated at first, but after a few minutes we tied Tank up a healthy distance …
