If all the melting snow and slop has you in need of a car wash, just drive to the end of the Gunflint Trail near the Canadian border in the BWCA wilderness and park your car on the side of the road in the burned out region between Gunflint and Saganaga Lake. The moose will be with you shortly … however it is important to have salt on your car as the moose do not accept cash for payment.

Just after dark Saturday evening while picking up my boys at Saganaga Lake after their winter trek from Moose Lake near Ely to the Gunflint, three cars in succession got the “lick treatment” from two different moose!

I kind of feel like I should feature my boys. Skiing / snowshoeing 40 miles through the BWCA is a big deal. On the portages even with snowshoes the snow was up to their hips. Uff dah! When we had our celebratory dinner at Trail Center Lodge, the owners were so impressed with Carl and Erik, they offered to formally sponsor them for their next trek into the wilderness!

Dad (i.e. me) made certain I had two beers waiting for the boys when they finished! One quick aside, the Garmin InReach satellite communicators worked like a charm. Carl and Erik check in each evening and let us know all was fine. During the final day’s trek, they kept us updated on estimated time to the boat landing. This allowed Molly and me to be waiting when they finished.