So...what now?
As I've alluded, I'm wasit deep in the educational mire that is grad school (despite how that sounds, it's a positive thing). I had no idea how busy I would be this spring, trying to keep up with studies and work and life's everyday snafus. Jenni remains contently busy at her Wildnerness Inquiry job. And we adopted our foster dog earlier this year...so having full responsibility for doggie means even less time for silly website-related tasks.
But it would seem a shame to intentionally neglect the website and blog from here on out (note: the neglect the blog has experienced in the last six months is unintentional neglect, which is altogether different). So I'll make it a point to post an update here from time to time on anything related to paddling or other adventures relating to the silent sports we enjoy. Jenni has been coordinating paddling day trips through the W.I.-coined "UWCA" (that's Urban Wilderness Canoe Area; nifty video here) along Mississippi River through Minneapolis and St. Paul as part of her job, and occasionally joins groups for the afternoon. I hope to paddle with her once or twice this summer, and to take my own grand daylong kayak adventure down the Mighty Miss' and through the locks. Eventually, I'll get around to posting some photos should these excursions come to fruition.
I've also been doing some thinking about another Gunflint to Ely trip - this time in reverse. I'm crazy enough to consider trying to kayak from the Ely area (starting from White Iron Lake) up to the U.S.-Canada border and then following the border lakes east toward Clearwater. That's an expedition that may have to wait for a year or two. If we do plan it, however, you can expect an eventual update over at GunflintToElyCanoe.com.
Until the next post, here's a shot of 10-person voyageur canoes heading down the Mississippi River under the Hwy. 5 bridge at Fort Snelling, taken in early May from my kayak.
