Trail Notes

Northwoods breakfast gift basket with pancake mix, coffee, Blueberry Jam, and Raspberry Whole Fruit Syrup

How to Build the Perfect Northwoods Breakfast G...

A simple Northwoods breakfast gift basket filled with pancakes, coffee, jam, fruit syrup, and a few useful things for an unhurried morning.

How to Build the Perfect Northwoods Breakfast G...

A simple Northwoods breakfast gift basket filled with pancakes, coffee, jam, fruit syrup, and a few useful things for an unhurried morning.

Highway 61 curving beside Lake Superior on the drive toward the Gunflint Trail

Eight Stops We Never Skip on the Way to the Gun...

Eight places we keep coming back to on the drive north, from warm caramel rolls and smoked fish to waterfalls, old books, and one last stop in Grand Marais.

Eight Stops We Never Skip on the Way to the Gun...

Eight places we keep coming back to on the drive north, from warm caramel rolls and smoked fish to waterfalls, old books, and one last stop in Grand Marais.

Open cabin guest book and coffee mugs on a lakeside porch at sunrise

Ten Cabin Traditions Worth Starting This Year

Ten simple cabin traditions for slow breakfasts, rainy afternoons, lake days, card games, and the little things your family will want to do again next year.

Ten Cabin Traditions Worth Starting This Year

Ten simple cabin traditions for slow breakfasts, rainy afternoons, lake days, card games, and the little things your family will want to do again next year.

Holiday breakfast board with pancakes, eggs, bacon, fruit, jam, and whole fruit syrup

Building the Perfect Holiday Breakfast Board

A relaxed holiday breakfast board with pancakes, toast, fruit, eggs, jam, syrup, and enough food for everyone to wander in when they're ready.

Building the Perfect Holiday Breakfast Board

A relaxed holiday breakfast board with pancakes, toast, fruit, eggs, jam, syrup, and enough food for everyone to wander in when they're ready.

Northwoods cabin pancake breakfast with blueberry syrup and strawberry jam overlooking a Minnesota lake

The Perfect Cabin Pancake Breakfast

Fluffy buttermilk pancakes, warm blueberry syrup, fresh coffee, and nowhere else to be. A slow Northwoods cabin breakfast inspired by mornings along the Gunflint Trail and the memories that keep...

The Perfect Cabin Pancake Breakfast

Fluffy buttermilk pancakes, warm blueberry syrup, fresh coffee, and nowhere else to be. A slow Northwoods cabin breakfast inspired by mornings along the Gunflint Trail and the memories that keep...

Aluminum canoe beside a weathered dock on a foggy morning along the Gunflint Trail

A Perfect Weekend on the Gunflint Trail

A two-night weekend on the Gunflint Trail with slow cabin breakfasts, a quiet paddle, one good hike, and enough open time to see what the day brings.

A Perfect Weekend on the Gunflint Trail

A two-night weekend on the Gunflint Trail with slow cabin breakfasts, a quiet paddle, one good hike, and enough open time to see what the day brings.