12/4/14 – Our phones and internet were down all day yesterday, thanks to a fiber optic cable break in Tofte. It’s the price we pay for living in paradise!
Amy and Dave Freeman have finished their epic canoe trip from Ely, Minnesota to Washington D.C. For more information on what they are up to, you can listen to this week’s edition of the Cook County West End News or go to the Paddle to DC website.

Amy and Dave just hours after arriving in D.C. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen them wearing something other than their paddling clothes. Photo by Caitlyn Ward.
Here is last week’s edition of the Cook County West End News. – Bill