Minnesota, in the Dakota language (mnisota or mní sóta) translates to “sky-tinted water.” A year ago, my alarm blared in the pitch-darkness of the bunkhouse at Packsack Canoe Trips on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. 5 AM comes fast. I turned off the alarm, swung my legs out of my sleeping …
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