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Angle to Key West: Grand Portage Fun (7/19)
I’m still traveling to and back from South Bend, but I am not missing walking down the Grand Portage. Watch these two videos and you’ll understand why I almost cried when I saw Lake Superior and knew...
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Angle to Key West: Waterfall and Beaver (7/20)
I’m still taking a (hopefully) quick break in South Bend, Indiana, but I will be back on the water soon. Here are some videos to watch while I go look for something else to eat. This is what a beaver...
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Angle to Key West: The Cuban Comet, Part 3 (7/21)
South Bend, Indiana – July 21, 2012 Reporters always ask him about that play versus Houston, the first time he ever touched the football in college, the 70-yard bomb that began the Gator’s dismantling...
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Angle to Key West: Short Portage and Partridge Falls (7/22)
The bus ride back from South Bend isn’t very eventful so while I make my way back to the Looksha (who is undoubtedly upset with me for leaving her), check out these videos. I will be back on the water...
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Angle to Key West: What is Going On Here?
“What’s going on here slacker? No new posts for days. If we did this kind of shoddy work in the gut, both your arms would have fallen off by now.” Wally, sometimes the wind blows and you get stuck on...
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Angle to Key West: Lucky Hitching Paddle (7/23)
Grand Marais, MN – June 23, 2012 Preachers, firemen, migrant workers, fishermen, moms, bikers, hippies, ex-hippies, managers, park workers, musicians, grandmothers, rugby players, retirees, and joy...
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Angle to Key West: Thank You (7/24)
Near Grand Marais, MN – July 24, 2012 It feels like a lifetime ago when I stayed up until 6am making a video about this trip to send to Outside Magazine. Then I got a call that said I was one of five...
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Angle to Key West: Farewell to the Boundary Waters (7/25)
Grand Marais, MN – July 25, 2012 “Just look at a road map and ball your fist up,” Rolf Skrien said. “That”s how big it is, just the size of your fist on a map, that’s all the wild left.” Rolf’s an...
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Angle to Key West: Superior (7/26)
Grand Marais, MN – July 26, 2012 The water on my skin feels different. The air tastes sharper. The land has changed. It’s like I’ve emerged from the Grand Portage’s forest into a new world. It feels...
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Angle to Key West: Death Can Wait (7/27)
Grand Portage, MN – July 27, 2012 There is something beautiful about making the first footsteps in fresh snow. It feels like the world is all yours, a magnificent playground built for one. Within a...
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Angle to Key West: Seventeen Feet (7/28)
Windigo, Isle Royale National Park – July 28, 2012 An ancient cedar rises from the rocks on Hat Point to watch the water like a bent and twisted old woman. Its gnarled roots cling to a cracked...
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Angle to Key West: Crazy Mother (7/29)
Windigo, Isle Royale National Park – July 29, 2012 It took me a moment to register my name and another to recognize Luke’s face. The last time I talked to him was over a year ago when we sat in a bar...
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Angle to Key West: Leaving Windigo (7/30)
Long Point, Isle Royale National Park – July 30, 2012 I woke up to thunderstorms, lightning, and a sky twisted dark with clouds. So I sat and waited. Windigo becomes a family of familiar faces after a...
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Angle to Key West: Shattered Glass (7/31)
Malone Bay, Isle Royale National Park – July 31, 2012 Everything feels sluggish again. My arms are heavy, my torso is slow. I’m fighting through the water instead of gliding on top of it. Between...
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Angle to Key West: Franklin’s Swindle (8/1)
Daisy Farm, Isle Royale National Park – August 1, 2012 A wave lifted me into the air. For a moment, it felt like hanging over the world from a mountain top. Then I dropped deep between two glassy...
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Angle to Key West: Next Time, Think About Love (8/2)
Rock Harbor, Isle Royale National Park – August 2, 2012. A few steps from the top of Mt. Ojibway, I ran into a little girl hiking up with her father. They’d just seen a big bull moose and her face was...
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Angle to Key West: All Toy Boats (8/3)
Belle Island, Isle Royale National Park – August 3, 2012 I sat on the steps of the Passage Island lighthouse and watched the Algoma Spirit pass through the channel. I saw it coming for miles, growing...
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Angle to Key West: Amygdaloid Arch (8/4)
Belle Isle, Island Royale National Park – August 4, 2012 The rangers in Rock Harbor told me there was an arch on Amygdaloid Island, but they didn’t know where it was so I circled it on my map and...
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Angle to Key West: Absolut-ly Knot (8/5)
Belle Isle, Isle Royale National Park – August 5, 2012 It took me most of the day to figure out which one was Kenny and which was Keith, twins have a way of making that difficult, but I did better...
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Angle to Key West: Boxed Wine (8/6)
Belle Isle, Isle Royale National Park – August 6, 2012 This is a guest post written by a box of wine: I was young once, with crisp corners and a bright label that said, “Pinot Grigio” in bold, proud...
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