jrwiesz- turns out I was confused. You probably missed my edit in the post above. Hopefully you were flossing... ... ... ... lol.. According to my dentist, I need to floss better! .. From where we are located in SW Michigan, it will only be an additional 2 hours to drive to MN for the ferry. My ...

[/quote] ..... Only major variation I'd consider is which direction. If you like boat rides and there's an appeal to seeing the island from the water, the ride to Rock Harbor around the north side is more interesting I think, but longer. If you want to minimize time traveling on the water, then ...

A few more thoughts. You could take the ferry and get off at Windigo, start your trip in reverse order, having plenty of time to hike to Feldmann on the first day. When you reach Rock Harbor, take the boat back to Windigo. ...... Options! :idea: Yikes! You are correct about options. I will look at ...

Hi, I plan to take my teenage sons to IR in August. We have backpacked before (Apalachian Trail: 55 miles in Maryland, Appalachian Trail: 110 miles through Shenandoah NF in VA, Pictures Rocks from Munising to Grand Marais, and several different areas of the North Country Trail, and one boy has ...

I, too, have read about the Sawyer bags leaking. Several people on the White Blaze (Appalachian Trail) forum said to "roll" the bag when filtering rather than squeeze it. They said the bag would last longer that way. Other than that (an the need to take care not to cross-contaminate through dripping ...

First off: many people will give you different advise based on their background and their "hike." In fact, on the Appalachian Trail (AT), the saying goes, "hike your own hike" (HYOH). Thus, please take any information I provide and take some/leave some - based on YOUR hike! My previous experience ...