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by backwoods doc
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Michigan seaplane dock moving to Hubbell
Replies: 3
Views: 161

Re: Michigan seaplane dock moving to Hubbell

Can't be helped. I remember sitting on the bluff at the Wood Lake campground one morning, looking over the lake and feeling about as far from civilization as possible. Then came the drone of a large motor from the south. It got a bit louder, then faded away after several minutes. Based on the day of...
by backwoods doc
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Here it is! - Greenstone 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 233

Re: Here it is! - Greenstone 2024

No mention of reserved campsites as yet...
by backwoods doc
Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: Wildlife
Topic: Winter Study update
Replies: 6
Views: 913

Re: Winter Study update

I wonder if global warming is also, contributing to the decline in the moose population. Not sure. Moose do better in milder winters, but if their numbers get out of hand, and they over-browse, that's not good. I know enough to know that it's complicated. RE: Grim stories of wolves, this is one of ...
by backwoods doc
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Can't plan too early, questions for starting at Windigo
Replies: 4
Views: 1431

Re: Can't plan too early, questions for starting at Windigo

I would suggest at least a single Garmin InReach Mini, with tracking set to every 30 minutes. That way, if he doesn't move in an hour, and you haven't heard from him (and can't get him on the radio), you can send in the cavalry. $300 well spent. You might also want to build a couple of extra days in...
by backwoods doc
Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Windigo cabin reservations... grrrr
Replies: 3
Views: 1390

Re: Windigo cabin reservations... grrrr

That's rough, Kolo. My body is also beginning to fail me, so I've been considering other options. I'm looking at staying in a shelter at Windigo (or maybe Belle Isle or Chippewa). With a nice, thick inflatable mattress and a backpacking chair, those accommodations are quite comfortable (especially i...
by backwoods doc
Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:31 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Farewall, Windigo...hello Ozaagaatang
Replies: 4
Views: 664

Re: Farewall, Windigo...hello Ozaagaatang

I predict that almost immediately, it will be known as "Oh-zah".
by backwoods doc
Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: A comprehensive question
Replies: 25
Views: 2603

Re: A comprehensive question

How about a "thorough hike"?
by backwoods doc
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:25 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: June 2023 trip
Replies: 6
Views: 1423

Re: TR: June 2023 trip

Yes, I believe a brick oven pizza parlor was buried in one of the new Wilderness Stewardship Plan options. But only in winter. If the lake doesn't freeze.
by backwoods doc
Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:37 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: June 2023 trip
Replies: 6
Views: 1423

Re: TR: June 2023 trip

Thanks, Jerry.

I've been thinking about a trip to Belle Isle. Anything else to recommend it, other than access to cold water? Any trails? Nice beach?
by backwoods doc
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023
Replies: 4
Views: 673

Re: TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023

Who knew that that the folks on Mott Island were employing local residents to engage in covert surveillance of park visitors? Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Moosewatch". I did not observe any sharing of fish between said ducks, but am not willing to conclude that cooperative huntin...
by backwoods doc
Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023
Replies: 4
Views: 673

TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023

Day 1: The lake was calm and the sky was cloudy for the trip from Grand Portage to Windigo on the Voyageur II. Saw a pair of otters in Washington Harbor when we were a few hundred yards from the dock. A light drizzle started about the time we reached Windigo, and kept up for the next few hours (what...
by backwoods doc
Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:35 pm
Forum: Wildlife
Topic: 2024 trip- Wolves
Replies: 10
Views: 3328

Re: 2024 trip- Wolves

The International Wolf Center in Ely, MN is a great place to see wolves :)

I just made my first pilgrimage there, and was very impressed.
by backwoods doc
Thu Aug 31, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Midwest Mountaineering (Minneapolis) - Going out of Business
Replies: 5
Views: 989

Re: Midwest Mountaineering (Minneapolis) - Going out of Business

Very sad to hear this. I was in the store for the first time early this summer, while visiting my daughter and her husband in Minneapolis (it's where they've purchased their kayaks and backpacking gear). I was very impressed (and I've let them know about the clearance sale).