Recent content from Bob Timmons
New film relives Minnesota-led Mississippi River Guinness speed record
Documentary of a canoe team's 16-plus-day Mississippi River odyssey in 2023 will premiere Aug. 3 in Minneapolis.
1,082 miles by bike: Taking the long way to a St. John's class reunion
Chris Manning of Colorado was determined to make his 35th-anniversary reunion in Collegeville on two wheels.
Minnesota has plan to sell school trusts lands in BWCAW to federal government
The proposal involving 80,000 acres crafted by state officials and the U.S. Forest Service would end a long-running land management challenge.
Love of outdoors, flexible work, good Wi-Fi a winning combo for camp hosts
The Minnesota state parks system relies heavily on retirees. Workplace shifts and program tweaks have made campground hosting more attractive to some.
Gear-making 'genius' who covered Minnesota outdoors dies at 68
Friends and family are honoring Dan Cooke, whose custom production of packs, canoe covers and more was revered. He died Monday of brain cancer.
From Gooseberry Falls to Minneopa, state parks felt weather's wrath
Managers still are assessing swamped campgrounds, damaged trails and popular attractions closed by flooding.
Creator of enduring Minnesota ultra race inspired runners and learners
Bob Frawley, who died unexpectedly June 11, created the FANS 24-hour race in 1990 to run it and to support kids in the process.
Boundary Waters fishing trip becomes both tragedy, extraordinary rescue and search
While the victims are honored, a surviving paddler and St. Louis County rescue captain recount 24 hours and those that followed at Curtain Falls.
The 100-year bridge: Jay Cooke's swinging span is picture of perseverance
A photo tribute to iconic Swinging Bridge that has drawn hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans.
Violence? Injustice? Math? It's all here in a history of 'The Great River,' the Mississippi
NONFICTION: A look at the origins of the river tracks how we've tried to tame it over the centuries.