A spring ski tour on the Banadad Trail

In Northern Minnesota at the boundary with Canada, a group of lakes and timbered country allow a form of life to emerge which is itself beautiful and settled. In late march, Melissa and I took a tour there and met a wonderful older couple, Ted and Barbara Young. Ted had been a labor organizer in Chicago until about thirty years ago when he came up North and stayed. He mushes dogs and runs cross country ski tours. The Northwoods economy is largely tourist based, so the viable inns, lodges, and b and b's tend to favor stability. Ted and his wife have lasted because Ted is the steward of the Banadad. His home is at the bottom of the page.
Missy and I enjoyed our ski, although the conditions were mush. We were officially the last people through the Banadad and our comments are in the register. The stay in the Croft yurt was amazing.