From Voyageurs National Park on FB:
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
That's fantastic.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine put the link on my FB page. "I imagine this is the way you parent."
ReplyDeleteEw. Really?
ReplyDeleteHe was joking.
ReplyDeleteJoking about doing it in a desperate way. I'm failing with Abby anyway... I think she's a jock.
ReplyDeleteI often feel bad that my daughter is an extrovert and I just don't have that kind of energy.
ReplyDeleteCasey Garske I've always wondered if I'd be disappointed if my kids were into football and NASCAR.
ReplyDeleteLuckily her sports are soccer and swimming, which are cool. We don't watch sports, so she always tells her classmates she likes the Vikings over the Packers because she likes purple better than green.
ReplyDeleteAnd Jebus forbid anyone likes Nascar. Ugh. My dad and brother in law will watch that shit all day if there's a race on.