BWCA 101: Matthew Baxley

Jodi and Lynn talk Boundary Waters Canoe Area basics for beginners with Matthew Baxley, co-host of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. They share tips and tricks — including how to squeeze in a BWCA trip at this late stage in the summer season.

Learn more about the WTIP podcast at WTIP.org.

Learn more about Matthew at bearwitnessmedia.com. 

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Outdoors Editor: Bob Timmons

As the Outdoors Weekend Editor at the Star Tribune, Bob Timmons shares stories about all the ways in which people in the Upper Midwest have fun outside - from FKTs on the Superior Hiking Trail to “Everesting” on the Ohio Street Hill in St. Paul. We talk with him about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted activity in the BWCA and beyond, and how climate change is changing what winter recreation looks like in Minnesota. Plus, what sparked his love of the outdoors and where he likes to spend time in nature today.

Follow him on Twitter at @rltimm or @striboutdoors.

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2 Kids, 2 Canoes: Twins Edition

The Twins return for Season 2. Jodi and Andy debrief on their summer trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area with their two boys. It was Jodi’s second trip to the BWCA, during which she discovered muskeg and Vikre camping cocktails. What went right. What went wrong. And what they learned about parenting while paddling and portaging.

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