Well there is me ..My Dad ...my daughter Madeline 6 ..my 17 yr old nephew Tim ...and my 11 yr old nephew Zach.To start out we left Rhinelander Wi around 8 am on the 5th it was a good ride up with a stop in Superior.We toured the Richard Bong veterans museum, in my opinion worth the stop.I have been there twice in the last year and enjoyed both visits. Around 2pm by now .....everyone is getting a little grouchy
Time for lunch!!!! MCY D'S quick and dirty and down the road. I always enjoy the view going over the big bridge from Superior to Duluth! Up the arrowhead we go! We stopped at the Best western in Grand Marias for the night. We did the subway tour for supper and got a pizza for the boat ride 
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Woke up to a bit of whining this morning...I guess the fridge in the room kept everyone awake, I didn't notice. On to the Voyager 2 . We arrived and got gear together I made a last minute decision and left my extra bag of M&M 's ...I figured I was heavy enough already. The ride was smooth and uneventful and we arrived in Windigo on time. Ranger Katie gave us the LNT speech and we dodged the ball and didnt have to talk this time! Of course Madeline was getting antsy and almost knocked me off the dock....I regained my balance with a foot to go....wheww! We hung out and waited to register our itinerary do to our bushwack plans.We registered our plan and got our permit .I think they thought we were nuts with our Malone bay to Chippewa bushwack plan....more on that later
.My pack was 37# ,Dad's was 36# Madeline's was 10#,Timm's was 40#, and Zach's was 22#. We headed up the Greenstone ridge trail and headed off to Island mine.We had difficulty staying together Zack and I led,Tim hung in the middle and Dad & Madeline brought up the rear untill after lunch. We were probably spread over a quarter of a mile or so....Dad was not happy about the spread....and let us know it! after lunch Tim and Zach led Dad took the middle and I brought up the rear...nobody was to get out of voice range. Tim and Zach were GONE!!!! It took us an hour to catçh them.....finally we found them kicking back on the trail. As soon as they saw us the were up and moving again.We don't run , we aren't in a hurry. Those two young bucks were in one heck of a hurry though. Dad Madeline and myself continued on at our usual pace.....slow and steady We rolled into camp and began setup....the boys were tired and didn' t want to help with chores.....NEWS FLASH!!!!.......everybody does there part, that is just the way it is. It was a perfect day, no bugs and cool.6-7-15
Woke up to a good rain.....oh nuts!! I went back to sleep,hope it quits by daybreak. Day break, still a little rain.I woke up to some grumbling and a little spat! I had to get out and see what the darn problem was! Tim didn't set up his tent properly .....he took in water...he was pissed off! To put it mildly Everybody in camp knew it ......so sorry if you were camped next to us. He claimed that he was soaked and couldn't get out of the rain .I removed the water from his tent and showed him his sleeping bag was not wet.....told him to go to bed and knock of the B.S. !!! We have neighbors! The rain stopped and we got packing Everyone packed up ....Tim wants off the island and wants to go home now!! We head off to South Desor. We stopped off at the top of Mt desor for lunch. Madeline and I unpack for lunch Tim and Zach take off without eating ...Dad not happy......I find a tree to bang my head against.....oh boy!!! Madeline starts to complain her feet hurt , so I do a foot check.She hit the island with brand new boots
no break in time what so ever. Some powder and fresh socks and she feels better. We finally catch up with the boys on a rock out crop ....I set them down and re explain that we need to stick together and that what they are doing is upsetting Grandpa...big time! We reach camp quite early and settle in at site 1. The weather is pleasant. The no-seeums are unbearable! We set up both stick stoves to give a little smoke screen this works very well! Something happened in camp that afternoon and we all finally started to click as a group and moods shifted to pleasant. Everyone is having fun, It was a great afternoon. I left off my rainfly that night and went to bed. What a beautiful view!Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2
. Madeline and Zach occupy their time by setting drift wood afloat. They were having a contest to see whos went the farthest. Tim is kicking it back taking in some sun.Dad and I do the same. We find a spot to put a few tents .....space at a premium here. IT is all cobble stone ....stakes don't want to go in 
Yeah He would love that I shared that 
