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...
Finally! I've heard great things
ReplyDeleteAlready binge watched the whole thing, and haven't posted because my gibbering would inevitably lead to spoilers, and it is very good without spoilers.
ReplyDeleteBut it is nice to be able to watch the last three episodes without an enormous break.
I haven't been able to watch since we cut the cord. I don't even care if the kids don't want to watch.
ReplyDeleteAnyone for Diggity Dungeons & All That?
ReplyDeleteMy youngest daughter got me hooked on Gravity Falls Such a wonderfully bizarre & quirky show.
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ReplyDeleteit's one of my favorite shows of the past several years. not just favorite cartoon show or favorite kids show.
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