Minnesota Trails

We have known this for a long time and now it is official.

Ken Pentel believes if you are going to run an ecological campaign for governor you should at least spend some of your campaign time traveling on a bike or in a canoe.

      Over the years we've looked at tents, sleeping bags, water filters, stoves, all the usual stuff.  But, no matter how you slice it, there is a finite amount of stuff that anyone needs to get outside.  That ineluctable fact leads to a question: what, besides gear, is essential? 

           I’ve been dreaming of canoeing the chain of crystal clear mining and natural lakes at Cuyuna Country Recreation Area ever since I rode their paved bike trail in 2006. The old Cuyuna mine was abandoned some 30 years ago and became a 5,000-acre recreation area in 1993.

To get to the Little Yellow Banks canoe landing at St. Croix State Park, you first drive five miles of paved road from the highway to park headquarters.