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by Nick
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: 2024 Trip Log - Post your planned itinerary here!
Replies: 6
Views: 2099

Re: 2024 Trip Log - Post your planned itinerary here!

Name: Nick Email: Detourlawyer at gmail.com Hometown: Crossville, TN (No longer in the UP) Arrival Date: 5/11/24 Departure Date: 5/26/24 Coming From/Via: Grand Portage via Voyageur II Itinerary: McCargo Cove to Birch Island to Belle Isle to Birch Island to McCargo Cove Notes/Other: Very loose itiner...
by Nick
Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:26 pm
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: GPS Waypoints
Replies: 5
Views: 5787

Re: GPS Waypoints

I was recent given a Garmin GPSmap 60Cx. I've been using a 2000 vintage ETrex Summit. Apparently, I can't copy all the ISRO waypoints I've used over the years to the "new" Garmin. Can't use MapSource with Windows 10 either. Anyway, the link to the GPS waypoints file does not work. Is there...
by Nick
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:36 am
Forum: Gear & Supplies
Topic: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2020 edition
Replies: 12
Views: 7286

Re: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2020 edition

I just don't know. So many choices. $.30 is a lot of money and I have to choose wisely!
by Nick
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:34 am
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Early Season transport
Replies: 4
Views: 3309

Re: Early Season transport

I know that George Desort got an early boat, but he had to apply as he was doing the 50 Lakes; One Island documentary at the time. If you go by private boat, be very careful. There are no commercial vessels licensed to carry passengers to ISRO other than the Queen, Ranger, or Voyageur. If a "co...
by Nick
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:28 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: 2020 Trip Log - Post your planned itinerary here!
Replies: 17
Views: 9593

Re: 2020 Trip Log - Post your planned itinerary here!

Leave May 9
Return May 24
Traveling by Kayak
Drop off: Haven't decided
Pick up: Daisy Farm

Very loose itinerary this year. Might drop off at Malone, Chippewa, or Daisy Farm. Will move from time to time on no set schedule. I'll be paddling an 18', Red, Current Designs Isle kayak.
by Nick
Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:08 pm
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: Circumnavigate Kayak Questions
Replies: 17
Views: 10472

Re: Circumnavigate Kayak Questions

I've circumnavigated the island, although in stages. I'm pretty experienced and have done some sections solo, but no way would I try to do the Windigo to Blake point solo. I don't care how good you are. There are just too few places to bail if a problem should arise. You need a partner. You need to ...
by Nick
Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:54 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: 2019 Trip Log - Add your planned itinerary here!
Replies: 32
Views: 16425

Re: 2019 Trip Log - Add your planned itinerary here!

Name: Nick Meier Email: detourlawyer at gmail.com Hometown: DeTour Village, MI Arrive: 5/11 Depart: 5/27 Coming from: Grand Portage Itinerary: Going to the Island on the 11th. Coming back on the 27th. Totally dependent on the weather. Might explore Five Fingers. Might explore Tobin Harbor. Of course...
by Nick
Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:02 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: May 2018 McCargo-Daisy-Moskey-Chippewa
Replies: 18
Views: 8267

Re: May 2018 McCargo-Daisy-Moskey-Chippewa

You seemed to do OK with the soup I gave you and the cornbread I made. Maybe it's your cooking! :lol:
by Nick
Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:54 pm
Forum: Weather and Bugs
Topic: First Boat weather 2018
Replies: 1
Views: 2882

Re: First Boat weather 2018

Only 12 people on the first boat. No first boat cake this year, but they had sliders for breakfast. Water was dead calm and some skim ice on the surface. Dropped off 10 Moose Watch volunteers at Windigo. Rangers had to move an ice flow away from the dock. Of course, we were met by Ranger Val. Since ...
by Nick
Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:33 pm
Forum: Weather and Bugs
Topic: Weather may 16-20, 2018
Replies: 1
Views: 2973

Re: Weather may 16-20, 2018

Enjoyed running into you at Chippewa Harbor. You should have hiked over to Malone Bay! Fresh fish dinners four nights in a row. I'm home now making the dinners I didn't eat there. Hooked up with four fishermen from Duluth. I caught a 28" pike and they caught trout and pike every day. Shelter 5 ...
by Nick
Sat May 12, 2018 4:27 am
Forum: Weather and Bugs
Topic: Ice Coverage
Replies: 17
Views: 12275

Re: Ice Coverage

It should be. Things are pretty open up here now.
by Nick
Fri May 11, 2018 3:46 pm
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: May 5 Voyageur II Pushed to 12th
Replies: 25
Views: 14755

Re: May 5 Voyageur II Pushed to 12th

Stopped by the Voyageur II dock and chatted with Captain Don. Only 14 scheduled first boaters. 10 being dropped off at Windigo, 3 at McCargoe Cove, and little ole me at Chippewa Harbor. Off the grid for two weeks. No phone, no lights, no motorcars, not a single luxury...
by Nick
Wed May 09, 2018 10:42 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Feldtmann Loop vs Minong
Replies: 8
Views: 9209

Re: Feldtmann Loop vs Minong

Personally, I'd take any bushwhacking off the table. I've seen far too many hikers schlepping in to a camp site torn to pieces after taking a back country shortcut. Most always, the common remark is, "It looked easy on the map." Bushwhacking on ISRO is brutal. I've done both the Feldtman L...
by Nick
Tue May 01, 2018 12:50 pm
Forum: Weather and Bugs
Topic: Opening Day Weather
Replies: 21
Views: 12312

Re: Opening Day Weather

I just took a look at the Grand Portage, MN web cam and it looks like the bay is clear of ice: https://www.mwhazecam.net/site.aspx?site=grand That said, here at the confluence of the St. Mary's River and Lake Huron, we still have a lot of ice. As the wind changes, so does the ice coverage. In DeTour...
by Nick
Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:49 am
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Ice Breaking Operations
Replies: 7
Views: 5242

Ice Breaking Operations

At the request of the National Park Service, the Coast Guard will break out the west end of the Keweenaw Waterway, April 23. The Park Service plans to launch the RANGER III later in the week. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ALDER will approach from the west and then establish a track in the ice under Ho...