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by Bobcat1
Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:34 pm
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: 2021 Trip Advice: Minong Ridge, to Daisy Farm
Replies: 17
Views: 5643

Re: 2021 Trip Advice: Minong Ridge, to Daisy Farm

W. Chickenbone to Moskey = straightforward. Moskey -Daisy Farm is an unexpectedly rough 3.5 miles or so, up and down off rock outcroppings, little shade, etc. This will be at the end of your day. As long as you know that, and manage your energy accordingly. I've met many hikers who are exhausted and...
by Bobcat1
Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:28 pm
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: Best stove for new backpacker
Replies: 19
Views: 11503

Re: Best stove for new backpacker

Everclear, some dried fruit, and Gatorade Fruit punch flavor mix=Quite a cocktail!
by Bobcat1
Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:32 pm
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: Best stove for new backpacker
Replies: 19
Views: 11503

Re: Best stove for new backpacker

Yup, I had to make a trip to a neighboring state to buy 190-proof Everclear to take on a ferry that does not allow flammable liquids or gasses, to visit Dry Tortugas National Park and camp overnight. They encourage campers to bring charcoal for cooking and allow consumable alcohol of any kind and qu...
by Bobcat1
Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:45 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: 2021 Trip Advice: Minong Ridge, to Daisy Farm
Replies: 17
Views: 5643

Re: 2021 Trip Advice: Minong Ridge, to Daisy Farm

Another possibility, and this will likely be my next backpacking trip, is to go Windigo-Feldtman Lake your first day, then overnights at Siskiwit Bay, South Desor, Hatchet Lake, North Desor and Windigo. This uses the Hatchet Lake Cut-Off trail to hike the western part of the Minong, while hiking the...
by Bobcat1
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:30 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 7/29-8/11, 2020 [Hiking] [An east-end itinerary: RH > TM > DF > MB > TM > LC > RH]
Replies: 22
Views: 8967

Re: TR: 7/29-8/11, 2020 [Hiking] [An east-end itinerary: RH > TM > DF > MB > TM > LC > RH]

Lol. Our faculty meetings have been, and will continue to be, virtual. Flapping arms might not even be seen, as our platform seems to work best with video off for all but the meeting chair, if there’s more than about 4 people in the meeting.
by Bobcat1
Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:22 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR:Aug 26 - Sept1, 2019, Rock Harbor - Windigo, via Greenstone
Replies: 3
Views: 2190

Re: TR:Aug 26 - Sept1, 2019, Rock Harbor - Windigo, via Greenstone

Thanks for the report. Also regarding bug spray, I sometimes leave the chemical spray behind, but I always bring a headnet - for 0.5oz, it may save my sanity sometime. The view from Mt. Franklin is a favorite of mine too!
by Bobcat1
Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:43 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Isle Royale Webcams
Replies: 22
Views: 7301

Re: Isle Royale Webcams

Last year I discovered that the city of Houghton has webcams too, and several of them give views of the Ranger III coming and going from the HQ dock.
https://www.mtu.edu/webcams/view/
by Bobcat1
Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:41 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Water treatment
Replies: 12
Views: 4058

Re: Water treatment

In 2018 (?) late in the season (right around Labor Day) there was a norovirus outbreak on the east end of Isle Royale. A number of people got sick. In 2019, one of the seasonal rangers was telling about having been evacuated from the island two weeks early because she was one of the people who got s...
by Bobcat1
Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:19 pm
Forum: History
Topic: 1936 Fire
Replies: 6
Views: 3937

Re: 1936 Fire

I read a trip report with pictures of a guy (I think it was an off-duty park employee) who located and verified the marker point on Mt Saginaw about 10 years ago. If I recall correctly, it was under a spruce thicket and a pile of rocks. This guy set up a surveying tripod and used some electronic nav...
by Bobcat1
Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: History
Topic: 1936 Fire
Replies: 6
Views: 3937

Re: 1936 Fire

Re those benchmarks, if you dig around on the internet, there are several great trip reports of people searching for and finding those markers on isle Royale. I know of one on Saginaw Hill, one near Malone Bay CG, one on Caribou Island, one up by the Mt Ojibway tower, and a missing one that is ripe ...
by Bobcat1
Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:59 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR:6/28-7/5 2020 [Hiking] RH-DF-MC-MB-DF-TM-RH
Replies: 9
Views: 3795

Re: TR:6/28-7/5 2020 [Hiking] RH-DF-MC-MB-DF-TM-RH

I use a dehydrator and do most of it myself, partly because of food allergies I have. However, I am not a chef, not even close! I usually make about four different dinners and just do them over and over in a 4-day rotation. All the work at home turns into easy meals on the trail, and relatively light.
by Bobcat1
Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:26 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR:6/28-7/5 2020 [Hiking] RH-DF-MC-MB-DF-TM-RH
Replies: 9
Views: 3795

Re: TR:6/28-7/5 2020 [Hiking] RH-DF-MC-MB-DF-TM-RH

Sandhill cranes-maybe, but Great Blue Herons would be more likely. If they were white, then egrets.
by Bobcat1
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:31 am
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Sea kayak
Replies: 18
Views: 8098

Re: Sea kayak

My kayak plus paddles plus safety gear including pfd and wetsuit in the duffel is 56 pounds. My camping gear regardless of mode of transport is gonna be 35 pounds, or more once I fill up the water bottles, for a week or so solo.
by Bobcat1
Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:18 pm
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Sea kayak
Replies: 18
Views: 8098

Re: Sea kayak

I’ve thought about that, and it might work if the seaplane co will take excess baggage for a fee. They have a weight limit that would allow a backpack, but not my feathercraft folding kayak, and you would still need all your camping gear, food, etc plus kayak safety gear. Or maybe you could just buy...
by Bobcat1
Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:31 pm
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: Sea kayak
Replies: 18
Views: 8098

Re: Sea kayak

With a kayak you can get into back bays and such, avoiding much of the houseboat traffic. If you follow the main route buoy-to-buoy, you will be in with houseboats. Campsites are separate.