Animals: Cure-All Or Burden?
How can a human-dependent creature lead to happiness? While attempting to hit the road for a week-long Boundary Waters trip, I always seem to push off feeding and watering the…
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April 5, 2021
Why Are Animals Tougher Than Us?
Time to enter "suck it up" mode. In the midst of a blizzard, Nick and I hauled bales of dried-up plant matter to feed the cows. The same thing, I…
March 21, 2021
This Is Your Year, Plan That Boundary Waters Trip!
BWCA permits for summer 2021 went live at the end of January, time is of the essence to snag one for your desired entry point. With the recent spike in…
March 1, 2021
What’s the Worth In It?
Why do we spend so much time accumulating stuff just to "get away from it all?" Many of us have fond memories of that first apartment that we left for…
February 15, 2021
Farm Shop
Straight Up Outside uses regenerative farming methods to return the soil to what it once was. Food from our farm shop is an environmentally safe way to keep meat and…
February 1, 2021
Public & Frozen: Winter Lakes
Temporary “Land” Open for Adventure. The year 2020 was a big win for nature! According to the New York Post, 6 in 10 Americans said the pandemic made their hearts…
January 24, 2021
Quit Buying Happiness & Start Creating It
Forget keeping up with the Jones’ and start keeping up with yourself. Recent events are pushing many over the edge. But hold on, I’m not wanting to start a political…
December 21, 2020
4 Secrets to Being An Outdoors Type Girl
6 years ago, I would have never seen myself as the Outdoors type Girl I am today. I absolutely DESPISED camping. But when I met Nick, he convinced me to…
November 30, 2020
The Red Squirrel, A Worthy Adversary
This story is based on a real attitude. The American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus) is common in the Upper Midwest. It can be found throughout most of Canada and is…
November 2, 2020
On the Ruggedness of Women’s Clothing
Like many millennial females, I sneak and steal my significant other’s rugged clothes. Mostly, his sweatshirts and insulated button-up type shirt jackets. At this point, it's not so much an…
October 25, 2020