A Sled Maker's Journal

It has been a number of years now since I first had a conversation with one of our dealers in the Northwest Territories (NWT). He was telling me how the elders would find and make handles for thei...

We enjoy summers in Northern Minnesota. Walleyes, gardening, mushrooming, berry picking, grilling, and most importantly, family. Fall has been in the air a bit early, and the season of being in the...

A few years back an older man who lives in the area stopped by the toboggan shop on his way to the boat landing to try a little fishing…I was outside oiling wooden toboggans. During our conversati...

A couple of weeks ago, over the 4th, a neighbor lady came over and talked with my daughters. She and her husband had been outside in the yard when a bear showed up and hung around for a while. She...

We will soon be at mid –summer here in Northern Minnesota. It’s been a good growing season so far due to an earlier spring and almost ideal rainfall. The plants in the garden are well established a...

We’ve all likely said at one time that…“it’s a small world”. I’ve had the opportunity to get re-acquainted with an old friend watching The Last Alaskans on Animal Planet Network the past few weeks....

There a folks who don’t care to eat mushrooms, let alone wild mushrooms. It could be either taste or texture. But there are those who love mushrooms. As for liker’s, Morels are delicious in many r...

This time of year the activity around the shop here at Northern Toboggan & Sled is at the low ebb of the year. I like it. After a busy sled season it’s a nice break to have some time for leisu...

Ever sat around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends and someone asks that we go around the table and each one say one thing that we are thankful for today? The answer for me today would...