Clean shaven in summer. Bearded in winter. Prickly year round.
There were no screaming crowds or bands playing as we completed our trip down the Munger Trail from Duluth to Hinckley, and then when we returned home the next day the crowds didn’t turn out on the other end of the trail either. The Munger Trail is only 70 miles from Duluth to Hinckley, Minnesota, … More What Does 172 Miles in 2 days get you? A sore butt……
Here’s my column that ran in the paper this week… Hope, as much as air or water, is crucial for life. One’s heart and lungs may continue to function mechanically without it, but the resulting withering is undeniable. I often wonder in this column if I’m conveying fictitious images of our family as a Duluth … More Hope. Not Just a Four Letter Word.
While belting out the GnR classic, “Paradise City,” I tried out our full Lakewalk extension today. Like a main artery in a healthy circulation system, this path will now take you all the way to the end of the horizon in the picture above, and to the Aerial Lift Bridge at the head of Lake … More Bike Paths Rock! Testdriving the Lakewalk Extension. DITCH YOUR CAR. DO IT!
Here’s my latest column for the paper. While the particulars are local, the principles are universal methinks…. This evening my family and I returned from a disastrous hiking trip to the Lake County Demonstration Forest, which ultimately was salvaged in the end by ice cream and Lake Superior (our two aces in the hole in … More Salvaging Disaster and Making Memories
This is one of the better uses I can think of for my newspaper column. If you like, there’s a cleaner copy for you to read in the post prior to this, but I kind of dig this one.
On the very day this column is released and read by millions, three contiguous households in the heart of my block will be involved in the Big Dig project of the decade here as we bury our power lines together. Such a project by myself would seem nearly impossible, but together as a sort of … More Neighboring For Better Health
Here’s a past column about one of my favorite adventures last fall… This week I found myself belly up to the bar in Finland, at a place called Our Place, downing one of the finest cold ones I’ve ever had (nearly a full pitcher of it). I had ambled in with a buddy who was … More Freewheelin’ it to Finland
Today’s ride along Lake Superior was bitter cold at 39 degrees with an ever present northeast headwind. I had hoped to knife through the gales like Lance Armstrong, but wound up epitomizing a mental image of Louie Anderson bumbling down the road on an old Huffy with a banana seat. Any time of year a … More When Will the Cold End? And an experience with Lance, Louie, and Superman
Something always stands out as unique during my runs to Lake Superior and back, even though I’ve lately pursued the same route due to necessity. This evening there was a strong sewage smell near a manhole (possibly due to a sewer overflow as a result of heavy rains recently). Two minutes later a couple beautiful … More A Tale of Two Odors
I enjoyed a 23 mile loop through the forests and countryside outside Duluth today on the shiny new bike. Most of it was ridden with a young buck who helped me push the pace a bit more than usual. He even offered to sell me an old wetsuit for a good deal, since I’m considering … More Running Into Strangers, and Yet Another Scott Jurek Hit Smoothie.
Ed's Big Adventure 