Minnesota mom, daughter tackle BWCA camping trips in every season
Minnesota mom, daughter tackle BWCA camping trips in every season A Minnesota mother and daughter have found so much more than an escape from the pandemic with seasonal trips to the Boundary Waters. May 7, 2021 7:38am Text size Copy shortlink:
On the first night of a winter camping trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Allison McVay-Steer lay awake inside her sleeping bag, shivering. Frigid air streamed in through the small opening she had left near her face. She contemplated snowshoeing back to her friend s car for the comfort of its heater, but shoved the idea away. She had no idea where to find the keys. More important, her 16-year-old daughter, Amelie, slept soundly by her side. On the other side of their tent s canvas wall, though, air temperatures had plummeted to 40 below.
Stories to inspire outdoor adventures
These Minnesotans discovered that adventure waits right out their door, and took advantage of it by recreating Eric Sevareid and Walter Port’s epic 2,200 mile paddle to Hudson Bay. The University of Minnesota Press has just released Natalie Warren’s account of her and Ann Raiho’s adventure as the first women to complete this rite of passage for modern paddlers. It follows Sean Bloomfield’s account of how he and Colton Witte made the trip in record time. 6:08 am, Feb. 6, 2021 ×
Natalie Warren in bow and Ann Raiho in the stern of their Langford Prospector canoe battle the Minnesota River current in downtown Granite Falls on June 17, 2011 on their journey to Hudson Bay.
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By Lynette Lamb Special to the Star Tribune January 22, 2021 8:59am Text size Copy shortlink:
Camp Menogyn on the Gunflint Trail has been the start of many canoe trips over the years, but few so epic as that detailed in Hudson Bay Found: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic.
Natalie Warren and trekking partner Ann Raiho met there as high schoolers Raiho a Twin Cities native and Warren a Floridian inspired by a junior high classmate to attend the Minnesota canoe camp.