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Featured from front to back are Sam Maass and Lisa Brien. Traveling with them, but not shown, were Anne and Ben Williams. Isle Royale National Park has 165 miles of trails that pass through a variety of wilderness settings. The trails feature bridges, boardwalks, prairies, beaches and birch forests, as well as breathtaking views on ridges.
Pioneer Photo/Anne Williams

Isle Royale National Park: Berries galore and so much more

Heavy fog blanketed the harbor as we stood on the dock on the morning of Aug. 12. The crew of the Voyageur II ferry worked fast to prepare for our...

news / local / outdoors Sun, Sep 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Cate Belleveau poses with some Ecuadorean children during a visit to that country this summer. Cate and her husband, Al, enjoyed an eco-tourism vacation to the South American country. Submitted Photo

Ecuador vacation opens doors to diversity

A favorite quote by Miriam Beard: "Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is the change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."...

news / local Sun, Sep 06, 2009 - 12:00am

From left, Lucas, Dave, Diane, Dan and Dayna Landgrebe stop at Liberty Island in New York Harbor during a visit to New York City earlier this month. Submitted Photo

Family time in the Big Apple

My family and I took a trip to New York City last week to visit my oldest brother, Dan. After graduating from Bemidji High School in 2003, he went on...

news / local Sun, Aug 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Wendell Affield rests by a giant ponderosa pine tree during a hike in the Cascade Mountains. Submitted Photo

Lake Chelan: Bemidji man takes reminiscent journey home

Have you ever been obsessed by a childhood memory? The summer of 1952, my mother brought my brothers and sister to live near the upper end of Lake Chelan, a...

local / news / outdoors Sun, Aug 09, 2009 - 12:00am

From left are Alex Lundin, Clare Lawrence, Laura Rogers, Mitch Riese, Alex Schoneberger, Seth Olson, Wes Rogers, Jana Hedstrom and Jordyn Olson. The nine students from Bemidji High School are members of the Outdoor Adventure Club. Not pictured are trip leaders Dan Bryant and Andy Olson. Submitted Photo

BHS Adventure Club takes on North Dakota's wild west by bike

An absolute thrill ride - that's how Bemidji High School teacher Dan Bryant describes an Adventure Club bicycle trip to North Dakota. Bryant, along with BHS teacher Andy Olson, led...

local / news Sun, Aug 02, 2009 - 12:00am

Polly Scotland perches on an overlook on Spar Island. Submitted Photo

Kayak journey: Close and cheap, cold and deep

Ten minutes into this kayak trip, I feel like I am riding a bucking bronco let out the gates. Where is my warm-up session? There is barely time to find...

news / local / outdoors / sports Sun, Jul 26, 2009 - 12:00am

Fontaine de Tourny, a gift to Quebec City from Quebec fashion retailer La Maison Simons for the city's 400th anniversary last year, stands in front of the Parliament Building. The fountain, which won a gold medal at the Paris World Fair in 1855, was restored and imported from Quebec City's sister city, Bordeaux, France. (Pioneer Photos/Laurie Swenson)

A good vacation has many favorite parts

When people asked me what my favorite part of my vacation was, I kept coming up with different answers. There was visiting old and new friends and meeting adorable children...

news / local Sun, Jul 05, 2009 - 12:00am

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