Ryan Clausman

Outdoor enthusiast, father of three

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@TheEXECUTlONER_ Buying the album!

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@envyxny @erotica9ja

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@WomanDefiner @CheyCab Toys for sale in Northern Minnesota is the most accurate economic marker ever. I’m willing to bet Northern Wisconsin is the same. Economic down turn soon.

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@maniaUFO Nuisance fish. I don’t allow them in my boat

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@Hagerty Rumble seat

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@ThatEricAlper I’m going to say Wichita Lineman by Jimmy Webb. Dylan said it’s the best song ever written so if anyone ranks it less then #1 it’s underrated. I mean Dylan can’t be wrong.

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@JonKrawczynski And this year was Fincheys best work yet.

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@citchmook

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@MNHockeyStar So I’m thinking about what happens after the top 5 leave the ice. 2008 Edina. Lee,Gaardner, Charlie Taft up front. Buddish, Eppel on D. They might get a SOG but would still get dominated. Now what happens when they are on the bench?! Yikes.

[Jarvis @jarvis_best]

I know as an Avs fan I am contractually obligated to hate the Wild but I really don’t. Matt Boldy is amazing. Hughes is a great skater. Wallstedt is the most exciting young goalie in the league. They aren’t too gooned up. Nice work Minnesota.

If the Avs face the Wild next round I will delete this and deny I ever said it.

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@ChanceSuratt @Jabs_13 Please tell me @thebatdork has never been on the ice with a dirty player before because if I played dirty and wanted to take out the other teams second highest goal scorer that’s exactly how I would do it.

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@WildTakes10k You know how I know Dallas is a total trash team? They let that dirtbag wear the “C”.

[Gregg Swedberg @ThatsALottaGs]

You have to give Dallas fans credit for their enthusiasm. They have no idea about any of the actual rules but they cheer hard.

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@jbeam123 Grew up in Minnesota. It was not until I went away to college that I learned people go camping just to go camping. We camped all the time but it was always to hunt or fish. I’ll never leave.

[Jason 🇺🇸 @jbeam123]

I grew up going to the lake. My mother said I could swim before I could walk. I still go to the lake as often as I can. This post is Minnesota (copied from FB).

The lakes of Minnesota sit across the state like thousands of pieces of blue glass scattered across the land, quietly reminding everyone why this place is called the Land of 10,000 Lakes — even though the real number is closer to 11,800.

Minnesota didn’t just get a few lakes.

It got an entire geography built around water.

From the massive open water of Lake Superior to tiny hidden fishing lakes tucked deep inside pine forests, water is everywhere. No matter where you stand in the state, chances are there’s a lake, river, or wetland just a few minutes away.

Minnesota is one of the only places in the United States where water flows in three different directions. Some rivers flow south through the mighty Mississippi River toward the Gulf of Mexico. Others run north through the Red River of the North toward Canada and eventually Hudson Bay. And along the North Shore, water spills into Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake by surface area on Earth.

That’s not just geography.

That’s a flex.

The scale of Minnesota’s water is hard to understand until you’re standing next to it.

Up along the North Shore, Lake Superior looks less like a lake and more like an ocean — endless blue water stretching to the horizon with waves that crash against rocky cliffs and basalt shoreline. Storms can build waves over 20 feet high, and the lake can change moods faster than the weather forecast.

Further south and west, the lakes become calmer and warmer. Thousands of them are scattered through forests, farmland, and small towns, each with its own personality. Some are quiet canoe lakes surrounded by loons and pine trees. Others are busy summer playgrounds filled with pontoons, fishing boats, and kids jumping off docks.

Minnesota’s lakes shape the entire rhythm of life here.

Summer weekends mean cabins, fishing lines in the water, and the sound of boat motors humming across glassy water at sunset.

Fall brings mist rising off quiet lakes surrounded by red and gold forests.

Winter freezes everything solid, turning the lakes into highways for snowmobiles and small villages of ice fishing houses.

And then there’s the wildlife.

Loons call across the water at dusk.

Bald eagles circle high above the shoreline.

Pelicans glide across huge inland lakes like they accidentally wandered in from the ocean.

Minnesota’s water doesn’t just shape its landscape.

It shapes its identity.

The same lakes that host perfect summer sunsets also freeze into thick sheets of ice that test every Minnesotan’s tolerance for cold. Snow piles up. Temperatures drop. And yet somehow the water keeps bringing people back every season.

Fishing boats leave the docks before sunrise.

Kayaks glide across glassy morning water.

Families gather around lakes that have been part of their lives for generations.

By the time the sun sinks behind the pine trees and the entire lake turns orange and gold, you realize something about Minnesota that maps and statistics can’t fully explain.

The lakes aren’t just something scattered across the state.

In Minnesota…

the water is the whole point.

[Seth Bodnar for Montana @SethBodnarForMT]

Last week, the U.S. Senate gave a Chilean billionaire the green light to mine next to the most visited wilderness in America- the Boundary Waters. The ore mined would be sold directly to China. The public was completely cut out of the process.

This sets a dangerous precedent for public lands everywhere - including right here in Montana. Our hunting, fishing, and recreating belong to us, not foreign billionaires and DC dealmakers. I will fight for our public lands as your Senator. Stand with us.

Follow @SethBodnar for more.

#declareyourindependence #mtsen #montana

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@GopherHole EJ is good the rest of the ESPN crew is terrible. Only bad thing about playoff hockey is no Kevin Gorg. #tarpsoff

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@WHENESOTA Wild up 4-1