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by Gimp
Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:43 pm
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: 2017 Quiet Water Symposium - 4 March 2017
Replies: 0
Views: 3548

2017 Quiet Water Symposium - 4 March 2017

If anyone is interested, the 2017 Quiet Water Symposium will be taking place at the Michigan State University Pavilion this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The address is: 4301 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI
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by Gimp
Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:28 pm
Forum: Gear & Supplies
Topic: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2016 Edition
Replies: 18
Views: 14692

Re: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2016 Edition

My dividend was only about $9 and some change but I invested that and the 20% discount in a new women's backpack as a gift for my niece. She hiked the Greenstone along with my daughter and I in her first backpacking trip two years ago using an older borrowed pack. I'm trying to encourage both of the...
by Gimp
Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Quiet Water Symposium - Lansing 5 March 16
Replies: 0
Views: 11185

Quiet Water Symposium - Lansing 5 March 16

I didn't see this mentioned elsewhere and thought it fell within the category of "Miscellaneous". The Quiet Water Symposium is being held at the MSU Livestock & Agriculture Pavillion in Lansing on Saturday, the 5th of March. The schedule reflects that Jim DuFresne will be speaking on M...
by Gimp
Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:59 am
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: 4 to 5 day Kayak Trip Ideas
Replies: 5
Views: 4308

Re: 4 to 5 day Kayak Trip Ideas

Forget the Tobin to Duncan Harbor portage except in an emergency. If you don't believe me, paddle over to the Lookout Louise trail, climb to the top, and look down at Duncan Bay and just realize that you just went up the easy side. I would add that you always need to weigh the effort of the portage...
by Gimp
Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:36 am
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Getting Stuck on the Island
Replies: 15
Views: 10499

Re: Getting Stuck on the Island

I experienced an extended stay in August 2009. I'd arrived via float plane in Windigo and hiked the length of the island via the Feldtman loop. I was supposed to leave on the float plane out of Tobin Harbor at 9 a.m. on a Thursday morning. I recall sitting there and waiting as the weather closed in ...
by Gimp
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:56 pm
Forum: Weather and Bugs
Topic: [OFFICIAL] 2015 bug report
Replies: 21
Views: 15069

Re: [OFFICIAL] 2015 bug report

Anybody got any updated bug reports? Heading up for my first trip soon! I returned from IR on Saturday. As usual for this time of year you need bug spray. I saw a couple of people wearing head nets on the island but I never had a reason to pull mine out of my pack. My worst experience was at a tent...
by Gimp
Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:26 am
Forum: Gear & Supplies
Topic: Pepper Spray?
Replies: 14
Views: 7867

Re: Pepper Spray?

I know that you can carry a handgun to IR on the float plane although you have to notify the pilot. I can't imagine they would allow pepper spray on the aircraft due to the close, enclosed environment. You should call and ask. I've seen a fair number of women hiking solo on IR and never heard or rea...
by Gimp
Thu May 28, 2015 9:11 am
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: Canoeing the NE part of the island
Replies: 16
Views: 11651

Re: Canoeing the NE part of the island

+1 on the spare paddle. I use a light carbon fiber double paddle which the wind easily snatches if I don't have my hands on it. For that reason (and because my hands are sometimes occupied with a fishing rod) I use a paddle leash. I once forgot to attach it on Siskiwit Lake and was surprised by a su...
by Gimp
Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:24 pm
Forum: Gear & Supplies
Topic: One Family Tent vs. two smaller tents
Replies: 12
Views: 8337

Re: One Family Tent vs. two smaller tents

That's a lot of weight to spread among 5 backpackers, especially considering 4 of them have never backpacked before. How young are the teenagers, and is everyone in a very good level of fitness? Don't forget that everyone will be carrying sleeping bags, sleeping pads, a couple of liters of water, fo...
by Gimp
Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:40 pm
Forum: Other Places and Parks
Topic: Craig Lake State Park anyone?
Replies: 10
Views: 6471

Re: Craig Lake State Park anyone?

I stayed at Craig Lake for two nights in late September 2013. The "prime site" head2north mentioned is site #3. It probably has the best view on the lake. The two nights I stayed there a party occupied one of the two rental cabins and stayed up pretty late talking, laughing and drinking. T...
by Gimp
Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: Gear & Supplies
Topic: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2015 edition
Replies: 14
Views: 8366

Re: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2015 edition

I didn't need anything for myself so I spent my dividend and discount on a new pair of boots for my daughter. Her boots began to fall apart at Island Mine last year and gave me a source of stress all the way to Rock Harbor. The failure was due to age (glue and rubber breaking down) and wasn't a refl...
by Gimp
Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:38 am
Forum: Wildlife
Topic: NPS to address IR wolf issue
Replies: 12
Views: 5777

Re: NPS to address IR wolf issue

Hopefully there will be ice bridges over the next few years and wolves will come over and decide to stay. That's the only genetic rescue I'll see in the 30-40 years I have left on this rock. Superintendent Green is just like the rest of the bureaucrats she reports to upstream. No one wants to make ...
by Gimp
Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:26 am
Forum: Wildlife
Topic: NPS to address IR wolf issue
Replies: 12
Views: 5777

Re: NPS to address IR wolf issue

Two to three years to conduct a study, then wade through public opinion of 'intervene vs. let nature take its course', make a decision, defend the decision, and then eventually implement the approved plan. People have been studying the wolves and moose in IR for years. I don't know what is to be lea...
by Gimp
Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:54 am
Forum: Gear & Supplies
Topic: Gps recomendations
Replies: 38
Views: 17329

Re: Gps recomendations

If the Topo 24k great lakes is indeed the right version that contains IR, please let us know here on the forums. I'm sure many others may have the same question... I have the Great Lakes version loaded on my Garmin Rino 650. I can confirm that it's the correct version for IR. I purchased it for my ...
by Gimp
Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:59 pm
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: How do you include fresh fish in your menu plan?
Replies: 24
Views: 20696

Re: How do you include fresh fish in your menu plan?

I know this post is kinda old ....but I'll add that boiled fish is one of my favorite ways to eat it! I'm a power boater, but from a hikers perspective...my wife turned me on to coconut oil...kind of a paste that she keeps in the cupboard so it needs no refrigeration..and its heathy...pack some in ...