Wildersmith on the Gunflint
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Fred Smith
Fred Smith, a native Iowan re-located to the wilderness of border country at the end of the century, has been writing of happenings in the upper Gunflint territory for going on eight years, first with the local paper, and since December 2008 for WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Fred feels life in the woods is extraordinary, and finds reporting on it to both a reading and listening audience a pleasurable challenge. Since retirement as a high school athletic administrator from Ankeny High School, Ankeny Iowa in 1999, the pace of Fred's life has become less hectic but nevertheless, remains busy in new ways with many volunteer activities along the Trail. Listen at your convenience by subscribing to a podcast.
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Wildersmith April 14
-Spring is now official along the Gunflint Lake shores. It is declared so because the lake ice departed in the afternoon of April 10.
Wildersmith April 7
-No foolin’, its April already and the forest is easing into week two. The magic of Easter Sunday opened gloomy, with drizzle and snow along some parts of the upper Trail.
Wildersmith April 1
-The weather cooled some in the wilderness last week, though it would appear that we have had the last sub-zero temps for several months to come.
WILDERSMITH ON THE GUNFLINT MARCH 27
-Spring’s here, the sun was due east and west, but the calendar’s new season came in breathing frosty air.
Wildersmith March 18
-Congrats and thanks to all that enhanced the “So Many Reasons” theme for the WTIP spring support effort.
Wildersmith March 11
-The upper Trail winter that really hasn’t been much, is making a quicker than normal exit.
Wildersmith Feb. 24
-The border country landscape will be illuminated this weekend once again as February is signed off into the history book.
Wildersmith Feb. 17
-The upper Trail got a refresher snow on Valentine’s Day, and it couldn’t have come at a more romantic time. The north woods ambiance was at its best with both love in the air and
Wildersmith Feb. 10
-The blasé approach of Old Man Winter continues at this end of the Trail. Although seasonally cold, the other character of the season remains abysmal.
