Final Itinerary was:
1st night- cabin @ Rock Harbor Lodge, visited with the mgr Kim with whom we worked there 27 yrs. ago
2nd night - McCargo Cove. (We wanted Birch Is. but it was taken.)
3rd - 4th night - Belle Isle (Favorite!)
5th night - Chippewa Harbor
6th night - Chippewa Harbor (weather bound, we wanted Tookers or Caribou Is.)
7th night - cabin @ Rock Harbor Lodge, visited again with Kim and others including the son and daughter of former RHL coworkers!
*We took our 18' boat aboard the Ranger III. She performed like a champ. Handled our gear, the weather and the Lady's many faces.
*Ate fish, very, very few skeeters, over 1000 pics between three cameras, saw some new places, mosyly great weather except ... see below
*I would really!! like to know how much rain fell between 8/19 to 8/21!
It took well over 10 minutes to empty the bilge on Friday morning! *A group of hikers came in late to Chipp. on Thursday night. Friday morning they were begging for a boat ride back to RH. Woefully, foolishly, (could have been dangerously), underprepared for the rain. Drenched to the bone and shivering. They hoped to get on the Voyager. HELLO??? I gently broke the news to them that that would be a really long way back. The girl started to cry. Her boyfriend? was still talking to other boaters. I gave her/them our shelter and a hank of rope. I told her to rig their tent's rainfly as a windblock then strip and get in their bags and eat! "Mom" mode came out. About the time I was seeking out NPS at RH to report that they may need to tbe checked on, we saw them. Another boat had room and brought them back.
*Gale warnings so the Ranger III didn't show up until about 1:30 PM on Saturday. We got back to Houghton at 8:45 PM but didn't get our boat offloaded until 9:15. Dropped our son and his gear off at 2:30 AM and arrived home at 4:30 AM.
Detailed report to come. I have to get our daughter off to college and then it's back to work (school for me) this week.
