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...
Do you guys have any special house rules?
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ReplyDeleteIs your daughter always looking super excited a hose rule?
ReplyDeleteShe can't help it. She can smile on command. It's weird.
ReplyDeleteWe've toyed with a few over the years. The one that seems to have stuck is to use a d12 to roll monster attacks (giving them an extra chance to fail).
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite games with my boys. My youngest, 6, won last time. He was stoked.
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