Just ahead of Labor Day weekend and the start of the transition to autumn, a long time listener of our podcast about the Boundary Waters came to check out the BWCA Wilderness for the first time.

 

Her name is Karolina Satek. Along with her husband and young daughter, they traveled to the Gunflint Trail and spent a few nights at Borderland Lodge. From there, they explored the surrounding wilderness, ate pasta and wild rice burgers at the lodge, and walked numerous trails leading to and inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The crew at Rockwood Lodge were helpful in showing the ropes on paddling and portaging in the canoe-country wilderness.

 

In this episode of the podcast, we share the connection between Karolina's first trip to the Boundary Waters and a fishing trip this summer with Barbara Jean Meyers, a musician and radio producer who lives near the Boundary Waters. The theme and general connection between the stories is simple: If you have plans to do something, don't wait around. Get out there and do it.

 

This episode is sponsored by the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, Ely Outfitting Company, Loons Nest Coffee. 

 

Music in this episode is courtesy of Dusty Heart, Ian Tamblyn, Upstream Drifters, and Blue Dot Sessions.