Tumblehome: A Boundary Waters Podcast

By Erik and Adam

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 Mar 26, 2025

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Erik and Adam discuss anything that has to do with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on this fun and informative podcast. Their years of experience living on the Gunflint Trail and exploring the adjacent wilderness has led them to an intimate understanding of it's lakes, trails and campsites and look forward to sharing it with fellow outdoor enthusiast. They will chat about their favorite lakes, lend fishing advice and review individual BWCA campsites to let you know which ones to aim for and which ones to avoid. Whether you're planning your first Boundary Waters trip or dreaming up your 50th there is something here for anybody who has an appreciation for wild, untouched places. Grab your paddle and join us!

Episode Date
TCC: Fly Away Home
Jun 14, 2026
320: Kekekabic Lake
Jun 07, 2026
319: Bald Eagle Lake
May 31, 2026
318: 2o26 Birdament Championship!
May 24, 2026
317: Final Four Birdament Coverage
May 17, 2026
316: 2nd Round Birdament Coverage
May 10, 2026
315: 1st Round Birdament Coverage
May 03, 2026
314: 2026 Tumblehome Birdament
Apr 26, 2026
313: Previously on Tumblehome
Apr 19, 2026
Snow Log 26:13
Apr 05, 2026
Snow Log 26:12
Mar 30, 2026
Snow Log 26:11
Mar 22, 2026
Snow Log 26:10
Mar 16, 2026
Snow Log 26:9
Mar 09, 2026
Snow Log 26:8
Mar 01, 2026
Snow Log 26:7
Feb 22, 2026
Snow Log 26:6
Feb 15, 2026
Snow Log 26:5
Feb 08, 2026
Snow Log 26:4
Feb 01, 2026
Snow Log 26:3
Jan 25, 2026
Snow Log 26.2
Jan 18, 2026
Snow Log 26:1
Jan 12, 2026
312: Best Albums of 2025!
Jan 04, 2026
311: 2025 QOTY Spectacuganzacle!
Dec 21, 2025
Snow Log 12.14.25
Dec 14, 2025
Snow Log 12.7.25
Dec 07, 2025
310: Cox on Cox: Designed for Pleasure
Nov 30, 2025
309: Every Hog is a Miracle
Nov 17, 2025
308: Too Much Sea for Their Decks
Nov 09, 2025
307: La Calavera
Nov 02, 2025
306: Cold Pack Cheese Food Product
Oct 26, 2025
305: Creamed Cash for the Thinker
Oct 19, 2025
304: 2nd Biennial Warclub Trivia Classic
Oct 12, 2025
303: Meat for Trees
Oct 05, 2025
302: Tiny Crimes
Sep 28, 2025
301: Four Person Hammocks
Sep 21, 2025
300: We Still Sound Like Us
Aug 31, 2025
299: Album of the 5ummer!
Aug 17, 2025
298: Always Meet at Fartleks!
Aug 03, 2025
297: Softball Riddles
Jul 27, 2025
296: Terms of Hilarity and Endearment
Jul 20, 2025
295: Trace Cleanse
Jul 06, 2025
294: Garbanzos and Claws
Jun 29, 2025
293: One Stick of Dynamite Please
Jun 22, 2025
292: The Threshold of Echoes
Jun 15, 2025
001: Snak Traxx-Gabagool Interlude
Jun 08, 2025
291: Little King Island
Jun 02, 2025
290: Chunky Huggers
May 18, 2025
289: Timidly Devious Bucket Hats
May 11, 2025
288: Tumble Lurenament Championship
Apr 27, 2025
287: Tumble Lurenament Final Four
Apr 20, 2025
286: Tumble Lurenament Sweet Sixteen
Apr 13, 2025
285: Tumble Lurenament 2nd Round
Apr 06, 2025
284: Tumble Lurenament 1st Round Coverage
Mar 30, 2025
283: 2025 Tumble LureNament
Mar 23, 2025
282: Temu Helicopters
Mar 09, 2025
281: Pronto Puppie5
Mar 02, 2025
280: You can't predict what you'll encounter, but if you keep going out you'll encounter great things
Feb 23, 2025
279: Gravy Knives Out
Feb 16, 2025
278: Chimp Biscuits
Feb 09, 2025
277: Albums of the Year!
Dec 22, 2024
276: The Golden Butter Ratio
Dec 15, 2024
275: Impromptu Breading
Dec 08, 2024
274: Morrell 2: I Was Looking into the Gaping Mouth of a Monster
Dec 01, 2024
273: Morrell 1: I Could Hear Tearing Metal
Nov 24, 2024
272: A Bigger Better Boat Show: Now with Adaptogens!
Nov 17, 2024
271: A Total Boat Show
Nov 10, 2024
270: Criminally Insane
Nov 03, 2024
269: Canoeing with the Cree: The Father of Troubles
Oct 27, 2024
268: Canoeing with the Cree: One Small Ham
Oct 20, 2024
267: An Absolute Disaster
Oct 13, 2024
266: Phenomenal Seas
Oct 06, 2024
265: Sticky Crocodile Tears
Sep 29, 2024
TCC: The Night of the Hunter
Sep 22, 2024
264: A Collared Moose Swimming in Circles
Sep 15, 2024
263: A Moose Standing in Snow Looking Up at a Helicopter
Sep 08, 2024
262: T A S T Y L A K E S
Sep 01, 2024
261: Album of the Summer 4!
Aug 25, 2024
260: Bearable and Adequate
Aug 18, 2024
259: Every Campsite is a Miracle
Aug 11, 2024
258: Top O' the Trail
Aug 04, 2024
257: Pack Rankers II-Loose Juice Bags
Jul 28, 2024
256: Pack Rankers I-Humiliate the Terrain
Jul 21, 2024
255: BWCA Blowdown III-The Prairie Scenario
Jul 14, 2024
254: BWCA Blowdown II-Up and Up and Up and Up
Jul 07, 2024
253: BWCA Blowdown I-That Dark Blackish Color
Jun 30, 2024
252: Lonesome Goose
Jun 23, 2024
251: The Frost River of No Return
Jun 16, 2024
250: Runny Fillings
Jun 09, 2024
249: Chartering Simplicity
Jun 01, 2024
248: Pigheart's Revenge
May 26, 2024
247: Clip Art S'mores
May 19, 2024
246: Crowd Pleasing Scandals
May 12, 2024
245: 42nd Annual Coghlans Cup
May 05, 2024
Snow Log 24:9
Apr 21, 2024
Snow Log 24:8
Apr 03, 2024
Snow Log 24:7
Mar 26, 2024
Snow Log 24:6
Mar 17, 2024
Snow Log 24:5
Mar 07, 2024
Registro de Arena 24:1
Feb 24, 2024
Snow Log 24:4
Feb 17, 2024
Snow Log 24:3
Jan 25, 2024
Snow Log 24:2
Jan 16, 2024
Snow Log 24:1
Jan 09, 2024
244: Let's Do It Again
Dec 03, 2023
243: Cutting Edge Haiku Rankers
Nov 26, 2023
242: Another Twenty Nine Days
Nov 19, 2023
241: The Twenty-Ninth Day
Nov 12, 2023
240: The Bell Lake Mystery
Oct 29, 2023
239: Portage into the Past
Oct 22, 2023
238: Brutus and Gerald
Oct 15, 2023
237: Ursus Chonkus
Oct 08, 2023
236: Arrow+Baker=Remicks
Oct 01, 2023
235: Functional Redundancy
Sep 26, 2023
234: We Got Public
Sep 18, 2023
233: The Place Where the Sturgeon Are
Sep 15, 2023
232: Album of the Summer 3!
Sep 04, 2023
231: Seaweed Green and Yellow
Aug 27, 2023
230: Third Encounter with the First Kind
Aug 20, 2023
229: 98°rbs
Aug 13, 2023
TCC: Surviving Crooked Lake
Aug 06, 2023
228: Kawishiwi Lake?
Jul 30, 2023
227: Mozzy Talk II: Gallinippers
Jul 23, 2023
226: Mozzy Talk I: Hot Blooded
Jul 16, 2023
225: Озеро Мудро
Jul 09, 2023
224: Culvert Warmies
Jul 02, 2023
223: The Meat Cheyn
Jun 25, 2023
222.5: Spicy
Jun 18, 2023
222: Crabs on Crab
Jun 11, 2023
221: Random Tendrils
Jun 04, 2023
220: Stinco and Minks
May 28, 2023
219: The Man in the Brown Volcano
May 21, 2023
218: Screaming Deals!
May 14, 2023
Snow Log 5.10.23
May 10, 2023
Snow Log 4.26.23
Apr 30, 2023
Snow Log 4.13.23
Apr 30, 2023
Snow Log 3.23.23
Mar 26, 2023
Snow Log 3.17.100
Mar 26, 2023
Snow Log 2.26.23
Mar 05, 2023
Snow Log 1.31.23
Feb 05, 2023
Snow Log 1.24.23
Jan 25, 2023
Snow Log 1.15.23
Jan 21, 2023
Snow Log 12.27.22
Dec 30, 2022
Snow Log 12.10.22
Dec 30, 2022
217: When We're Looking for Something
Dec 04, 2022
216: Let's Jam!
Nov 27, 2022
215: Three Two One
Nov 20, 2022
214: The Mighty Fitz III - Its a Lock Fact!
Nov 13, 2022
213: The Mighty Fitz II – Touched Bottom or Hogged
Nov 06, 2022
212: The Mighty Fitz I – Nothing is Certain
Oct 30, 2022
211: Happy Wave Day
Oct 23, 2022
210: Warclub Lake, Cook County, MN, USA
Oct 16, 2022
209: On a Cream Run
Oct 09, 2022
208: Wok Konnection
Oct 02, 2022
207: Home Shed Advantage
Sep 18, 2022
206: Jacky Breezer
Sep 11, 2022
205: The Most Useless
Sep 04, 2022
204: There Will Be No Encore
Aug 22, 2022
Gone Fishin'
Aug 15, 2022
203: Jumping the Park
Aug 08, 2022
202: Yankee Foxtrot Burger
Jul 31, 2022
201: Album of the Summer 2
Jul 24, 2022
200: Boghaunter
Jul 17, 2022
199: The Dead Tow Club
Jul 10, 2022
198: 10,000 Beer Cans in the Wind
Jul 03, 2022
197: Wood Clowned
Jun 19, 2022
196: Fangs of Wanton
Jun 12, 2022
195: Dersu Uzala
Jun 05, 2022
194: Big-Two Hearted River
May 28, 2022
193: Noon Cowboy
May 22, 2022
192: City Gripe
May 08, 2022
191: Soon Enough
Apr 23, 2022
190: Learning to Love the Park
Apr 17, 2022
189: The Last Annual Tumbly Awards
Apr 10, 2022
188: Trout Meat Lovers Granola
Apr 03, 2022
187: My Name is Dodd
Mar 27, 2022
186: Another Month in Quetico – Part 2
Mar 20, 2022
185: Vista and Misquah Lakes
Mar 13, 2022
184: Ram and Little Trout Lakes
Mar 06, 2022
183: Jèan Rambeau
Feb 27, 2022
182: The Greatest Adventure
Feb 20, 2022
181: We're Havin' a Good Time
Feb 13, 2022
180: Easy Keepers
Feb 06, 2022
179: 150,000 Boy Scouts
Jan 30, 2022
178: BWCA West vs. East?
Jan 23, 2022
177: Duncan Rolls
Jan 16, 2022
176: Man Brain Dog
Jan 09, 2022
175: Eyeballs & Axes – 6 of 6
Jan 02, 2022
174: Planned Companion - 3 of 6
Dec 26, 2021
Tumble Tunes: Top Ten Albums of 2021
Dec 23, 2021
173: Bass Egg Soup – 2 of 6
Dec 19, 2021
172: Live from Karachi – 1 of 6
Dec 12, 2021
171: Blizzard Warning
Dec 05, 2021
170: Whitefish 2 - Scummers Revenge
Nov 28, 2021
169: Whitefish
Nov 14, 2021
168: The Most Fun Meat
Oct 31, 2021
167: Tree Rankers
Oct 24, 2021
166: October Paddling
Oct 17, 2021
165: Local Lake
Oct 10, 2021
164: Mind of the Raven
Oct 03, 2021
163: Alder Lake
Sep 26, 2021
162: Parks Unknown-Two: The Wabakimi of China
Sep 19, 2021
161: Parks Unknown-One
Sep 12, 2021
Magnetic Rock Hiking Trail
Sep 03, 2021
160: I Laugh So I Don't Cry
Aug 29, 2021
159: This is Fine
Aug 22, 2021
158: Shedularity
Aug 15, 2021
Event Horizon
Aug 08, 2021
157: The Brekky Club III-Trough Dignity
Aug 01, 2021
156: The Brekky Club II-Protein Strikes Back
Jul 25, 2021
155: The Brekky Club I-Northwoods Ghee
Jul 18, 2021
154: Album of the Summer
Jul 11, 2021
153: Rain Gear Games
Jul 04, 2021
152: Ensign Redemption
Jun 27, 2021
151: Morning Warmth on Thomas Lake
Jun 20, 2021
150: Gordy and the Alice Lake Orb
Jun 13, 2021
149: On to the Numbers
Jun 06, 2021
148: Dwellers of the Deep
May 30, 2021
147: Horseshoe Lake
May 23, 2021
146: B\\//\\//C//-\\ - Two
May 16, 2021
145: B\\//\\//C//-\\ - One
May 09, 2021
144: The Ham Lake Fire Part 3 – It Just Happened
May 02, 2021
143: The Ham Lake Fire Part 2 – No Time For Donuts
Apr 25, 2021
142: The Ham Lake Fire Part 1 – Heart Sick
Apr 17, 2021
141: Is It Worth It?
Apr 11, 2021
140: Tumble Tourney 2021: One Shiny Moment
Apr 05, 2021
139: Tumble Tourney 2021: Elite Eight & Final Four
Mar 28, 2021
BWCA Winter Travel Critiques
Mar 26, 2021
138: Tumble Tourney 2021: Sweet 16 Coverage
Mar 22, 2021
Seagull Lake Entry Point
Mar 18, 2021
137: Tumble Tourney 2021: Second Round Coverage
Mar 15, 2021
Cross Bay Lake Entry Point
Mar 12, 2021
136: Tumble Tourney 2021: First Round Coverage
Mar 08, 2021
Sawbill Lake Entry Point
Mar 03, 2021
135: Tumble Tourney 2021 Selection Sunday Show
Feb 28, 2021
Brant Lake Entry Point
Feb 26, 2021
134: Hey Strigiforme!
Feb 21, 2021
Kawishiwi Lake Entry Point
Feb 17, 2021
133: Down the Lagomorph Hole
Feb 14, 2021
Baker Lake Entry Point
Feb 10, 2021
132: Pronto Road House
Feb 07, 2021
Morgan Lake Entry Point
Feb 03, 2021
131: The Legend of John Beargrease
Jan 30, 2021
Moss Lake
Jan 27, 2021
130: Caribou Lake West
Jan 24, 2021
Homer Lake Entry Point
Jan 20, 2021
129: Ask Us Anything, Thrice
Jan 17, 2021
Skipper and Portage Lakes Entry Point
Jan 13, 2021
128: Ask Us Anything, Twice
Jan 10, 2021
127: Ask Us Anything, Once
Jan 03, 2021
126: The Madness of Winter with a Vengeance
Dec 27, 2020
125: 2***
Dec 20, 2020
Crocodile River Entry Point
Dec 13, 2020
124: Pops and Wheels
Dec 06, 2020
Bower Trout Lake Entry Point
Nov 29, 2020
123: A Story of Fire and People
Nov 22, 2020
North Fowl Lake Entry Point
Nov 15, 2020
122: One Last Run at the Maw
Nov 01, 2020
121: Welcome to Thundermug!
Oct 25, 2020
120: Latrine Chat
Oct 18, 2020
119: She's Got a Bone in Her Teeth
Oct 11, 2020
118: You Had Me at 30 MPH
Oct 04, 2020
117: That Old North Wind
Sep 27, 2020
116: Keep Looking Up
Sep 20, 2020
115: The Life in a Day
Sep 13, 2020
114: BBBad Portages
Sep 06, 2020
113: BBad Portages
Aug 30, 2020
112: Bad Portages
Aug 23, 2020
111: South Lake
Aug 16, 2020
110: Vaccinium Angustifolium
Aug 09, 2020
109: Hydration Strategies
Aug 02, 2020
108: Sweet Dreams-Round 2
Jul 26, 2020
107: Sweet Dreams-Round 1
Jul 19, 2020
106: The Canoe Matrix
Jul 11, 2020
105: Tuscarora Lake Campsite Reviews
Jul 05, 2020
104: Pictographs of the Quetico-Superior
Jun 28, 2020
103: Pocket – Oyster – Out
Jun 21, 2020
102: Lac La Croix
Jun 14, 2020
101: Nina Moose and Beyond
Jun 06, 2020
Patreon Preview: Whitewater Summer
May 29, 2020
100!
May 24, 2020
099: Return of the Loon
May 17, 2020
098: Wilderness Rivers-Part 2
May 10, 2020
097: Top 5 Wilderness Rivers-Part 1
May 03, 2020
096: Saganaga Lake-Part 2
Apr 26, 2020
095: Adams Month in Quetico
Apr 23, 2020
094: Saganaga Lake-Part 1
Apr 19, 2020
093: Another Month in Quetico-Part 1
Apr 17, 2020
092: Border Route Elocutions
Apr 12, 2020
091: The Knife Lake Route
Apr 08, 2020
Tumble Tourney 2020 Championship
Apr 04, 2020
090: Eriks Month in Quetico
Apr 01, 2020
Tumble Tourney 2020: Elite Eight-Final Four
Mar 29, 2020
Brule Lake Base Camping Route
Mar 27, 2020
Tumble Tourney 2020-Sweet Sixteen Coverage
Mar 21, 2020
Apocalyptic Escape Strategies
Mar 18, 2020
Tumble Tourney 2020-Round Two Coverage
Mar 15, 2020
Tumble Tourney 2020: First Round Coverage
Mar 10, 2020
089: Sigurd F. Olson: Part 3
Mar 08, 2020
088: Gunflint Trail Trout
Mar 05, 2020
087: Tumble Tourney 2020
Mar 01, 2020
086: Sigurd F. Olson: Part 2
Feb 23, 2020
The Frost River: Express Edition
Feb 19, 2020
085: Sigurd F. Olson-Part I
Feb 17, 2020
Cross Bay to Poplar Lake Route
Feb 12, 2020
084: Beargrease Day 3-Pronto Pup Lodge
Feb 09, 2020
The Granite River Route
Feb 05, 2020
083: Beargrease Days 1&2
Feb 02, 2020
Poplar to Ram Route
Jan 29, 2020
West Bearskin Border Route
Jan 29, 2020
East Bearskin Lake Route
Jan 17, 2020
BWCA Route Planning Advice
Jan 17, 2020
082: Pronto Pups
Jan 17, 2020
081: Tip Up Tips
Jan 06, 2020
080: 2019
Dec 08, 2019
079: Season 2 Finale!
Dec 01, 2019
078: Nightmare Scenarios
Nov 03, 2019
077: The Louse River
Oct 27, 2019
076: Stern Paddlers
Oct 20, 2019
075: Bow Paddlers
Oct 13, 2019
074: Living in the Great Northwoods
Oct 04, 2019
073: Fall Roundup & Down
Sep 29, 2019
072: Our BWCA Game Changers
Sep 22, 2019
071: Your BWCA Game Changers
Sep 15, 2019
070: Duncan Lake
Sep 08, 2019
069: Maps! II
Sep 01, 2019
068: Maps! I
Aug 25, 2019
067: Searching for Home
Aug 18, 2019
066: The Great Carrying Place
Aug 11, 2019
065: When Thunder Roars!
Aug 04, 2019
064: Beaver Believers II
Jul 28, 2019
063: Beaver Believers I
Jul 20, 2019
062: Perent Lake via Hog Creek
Jul 14, 2019
061: What's in the Bag?
Jul 07, 2019
060: Walleyes on the Prize
Jul 07, 2019
059: Heart O the Park III
Jul 07, 2019
058: Heart O the Park II
Jun 16, 2019
057: Heart O the Park I
Jun 09, 2019
056: Save the Boundary Waters
May 31, 2019
055: Moose Lake East
May 26, 2019
054: Top Ten Wilderness Waterfalls
May 19, 2019
053: Season 2 Opener!
May 12, 2019
052: Tumblehome: Lost Boys Series Part II
Apr 25, 2019
051: Tumblehome: Lost Boys Series Part I
Apr 19, 2019
050: Winter Wrap Up
Apr 01, 2019
049: Tiberius and Raul Classic
Mar 24, 2019
048: Northern Lights: Basics & Photography
Mar 09, 2019
047: The Northern Lights: History
Feb 23, 2019
046: BWCA Permit Issues & Updates
Feb 10, 2019
045: Wintermaker
Feb 03, 2019
044: The Geologist Wife
Jan 19, 2019
043: Snowtrekker Canvas Tent Review
Jan 06, 2019
042: Winter in the BWCA
Dec 23, 2018
041: The Madness of Winter
Dec 10, 2018
040: Season Finale!
Oct 28, 2018
039: The Man Chain
Oct 21, 2018
038: Batchewaung Boy
Oct 14, 2018
037: Top Ten Vistas!
Oct 07, 2018
036: Daniels Lake
Sep 30, 2018
035: The Wood Gnome
Sep 23, 2018
034: Bonasa Umbellus
Sep 16, 2018
033: Diabetic Squirrels
Sep 09, 2018
032: West Pike Lake
Sep 02, 2018
031: It is Known
Aug 26, 2018
030: Hairy Lake PMA
Aug 19, 2018
029: Its Boat Show Time!
Aug 12, 2018
028: The Woosh
Aug 05, 2018
027: The Acoustic Shadow
Jul 29, 2018
026: Rose Lake
Jul 22, 2018
025: Right Foot, Left Foot, Wet Foot, Dry Foot
Jul 16, 2018
024: The Circus Comes to Brule
Jul 08, 2018
023: Bears, Burps, and BMT's
Jul 01, 2018
022: Summer Solstice
Jun 24, 2018
021: The Unexpected Visitor
Jun 17, 2018
020: Mountain Lake
Jun 10, 2018
019: The Airing of Grievances
Jun 03, 2018
018: Winchell Lake
May 27, 2018
017: The Frost River
May 20, 2018
016: Fishing Opener!
May 13, 2018
015: Roca de Cinco Millas
May 06, 2018
014: Spring Fever
Apr 29, 2018
013: Fall Lake
Apr 23, 2018
012: Poplar Lake
Apr 15, 2018
011: The Campsite on Little Caribou
Apr 09, 2018
010: Pine Lake
Apr 02, 2018
009: BWCA v. Quetico
Mar 25, 2018
008: On the Water and Around the Fire
Mar 18, 2018
007: Deer, Moon and Hammocks
Mar 11, 2018
006: Caribou Lake
Mar 04, 2018
005: The Wireless Road
Feb 25, 2018
004 Clearwater Lake Part II
Feb 21, 2018
003 – Clearwater Lake Part I
Feb 17, 2018
002: Origin Stories
Feb 16, 2018
001: BWCA Basics
Feb 16, 2018