Great Report! I have trouble with blisters as well. I typically backpack a little over 100 miles a year and blisters are my biggest issue. For my last backpacking trip this summer, I went to the BWCA in northern Minnesota. For the first time I wore sock liners and also put duct tape on my normal tro...

Thanks Jerry! I'm taking notes and reading all the trip reports I can on the Minong. I think I'll have a note in big letters saying 'GO LEFT' after the second crossing

I felt pretty lucky with seeing so many moose. I have hiked 215 miles of the Superior Hiking Trail and haven't seen anything other then a snowshoe hare, bear & moose scat and deer bones. The binoculars helped a lot. The three moose I saw swimming across the lake didn't look like anything until I...

Great Pictures!

It's a tough thing leaving a job to pursue your dream...and it's very cool, I wish you the best of luck!!

I’ve been wanting to get to Isle Royale for a couple years, but couldn’t get my hiking buddies to go. So I finally decided to plan and make a solo trip. I’ve been on solo backpacking trips before, but was a little nervous about going to the Island. Turned out to be a great adventure! I left my home ...

How was the hike? I made my first trip to the island this year and I'm planning to hike the Minong next year