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- Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: 2009 Trips
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16216
Re: 2009 Trips
We are talking about a couple of options for our winter trip. The trip we have done in the past, 'shoe/ski into Little Beaver Lake and base out of there. Do a trip from Beaver Lake Road to the Lakeshore Trail back to Munising, 3 or 4 nights. Do the Lakeshore Trail from Grand Marais to Munising abou...
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: 2009 Trips
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16216
Re: 2009 Trips
I'm HOPING to finally get back this summer (dang, it's been since 2005). There's supposed to be be a family reunion in N. Wis. so the plan is to piggy-back an I.R. trip. Hopefully I can get the 2+ weeks I'll need off work. It's unlikely my wife can get that much time off, but one of daughters will b...
- Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:47 am
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: First-timer planning for next summer
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10513
Re: First-timer planning for next summer
Hey hirkeukvic, Welcome to the forum! I'm a paddler, not a backpacker, but others will help you out any way they can. I can speak to the cost though. A few years ago a group of 5 us did a 6 day canoe trip and I found the spreadsheet I used to keep track of costs--total cost was $313.55 per person. T...
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:20 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Paddling Inner Lakes, Sep. 10-16
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10115
Re: Paddling Inner Lakes, Sep. 10-16
The regulation is here: http://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/canoe-and-kayak.htm "The use of wheeled portage devices is prohibited." BTW, I got an email from Ken asking about this, forwarded by the web board site. Fonix, how do we respond to those, since they don't have the senders email ...
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:18 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Paddling Inner Lakes, Sep. 10-16
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10115
Re: Paddling Inner Lakes, Sep. 10-16
They're not allowed on the island, so it's a moot point.active2gether wrote:Question: would a kayak cart (with fat tires) be helpful on the portage trails there, or would it be a waste of space to bring along?
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:35 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Kari and Wally trip report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6385
Re: Kari and Wally trip report
There was a bicycle on the boat on one of my trips. The guy was biking across the country and taking a "short cut" across Superior. And he wanted to see I.R. He was just overnighting at R.H. and leaving the next day on another boat. Since there's no wheeled vehicles allowed, they immediate...
- Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:33 pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: Private property on IR?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 21027
Re: Private property on IR?
The Isle Royale Families and Friends Association has a site that may be of interest:
http://www.isleroyalefamilies.org/index.htm
The "About Us" page provides some history and perspective from families that owned land prior to becoming a national park.
http://www.isleroyalefamilies.org/index.htm
The "About Us" page provides some history and perspective from families that owned land prior to becoming a national park.
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:00 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Submissions for PICTURE OF THE WEEK go here
- Replies: 265
- Views: 234292
Re: Moose in Moskey Basin
Nick, was the overexposed lake effect intentional, or did it just come out that way? I love it!Nick wrote:Here is my daughter waiting for the moose to cross.
- Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:24 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Isle Royale with kids
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13654
Haven't backpacked, but did a family I.R. canoe trip with 2 teenage daughters. They loved it! Sounds like you're doing the right things to prepare the kids. We had 1 particularly difficult portage--I basically made it out to be hell on earth--you'll be dead tired, want to die, but you can do it, etc...
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:24 pm
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: Mammal List
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12009
've seen a black fox out there...that was about all the exciting mammals I've seen besides your normal moose and squirrels. I met a silver fox on the trail to Scollville Pt. once. It came down the trail straight at me. I stopped. It stayed on the trail to within 3ft, swerved around me, and kept on ...
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:08 pm
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: digital camera
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5882
Funny you ask because I'm getting ready to buy a new one too. I have a Lumix (Panasonic) FZ5, but it had a little accident some time ago and doesn't always focus well. I'm going to replace it with a Lumix FZ8 with a similar 12x zoom, but there's also the FZ18 with an 18x -- something like a 28mm to ...
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:20 pm
- Forum: Transportation & Lodging
- Topic: cell phones
- Replies: 75
- Views: 44558
OK, I'll admit up front that I'm an old curmudgeon. That said, one of the reasons many of us go to IR is to escape some of the realities of life. I've been in campsites where I've had to listen to someone on a satellite phone discussing things that could well have been left to the user's return. I ...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:26 pm
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: Mammal List
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12009
Mammal List
http://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/brochures.htm
6 of the 18 mammals on I.R. are bats! Anyone ever see a marten, weasel, or mink?
Also interesting that the last caribou sighting was 1981. I was there for the summer of '79 and don't remember ever hearing of caribou on the island then.
6 of the 18 mammals on I.R. are bats! Anyone ever see a marten, weasel, or mink?
Also interesting that the last caribou sighting was 1981. I was there for the summer of '79 and don't remember ever hearing of caribou on the island then.
- Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:58 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Submissions for PICTURE OF THE WEEK go here
- Replies: 265
- Views: 234292
- Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:22 am
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Submissions for PICTURE OF THE WEEK go here
- Replies: 265
- Views: 234292