Sorry to not be here to answer to all the speculation. The reason for the caption was that the docks were in very poor condition and there were several "No Trespassing" signs posted. It was the only place on the island we had seen such a sign. "No Trespassing" signs are pretty unfriendly as far as I ...

In late August, Haris Subcius and I kayaked 113 miles around Isle Royale. We had rain 5 of the 6 days (3 nonstop) and headwinds the entire way around. Despite the challenges, it was a grand trip that I will be glad to do again.

A slideshow with captions can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com ...

Hi all,

We are headed up to Rock Harbor this weekend to do a circumnavigation of the island. This will be our first time on I.R.
We are experienced at paddle camping and paddling open water.

Our load is separated into a bunch of smallish drybags. We can fit all the bags into a couple of packs ...