Family Vacation
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:02 am
This was my 3rd visit to the island in the last 30 years but for everyone else in my family their 1st. My family consists of myself, my wife and our 3 childern, ages 7 (turned 7 on the island), 10 and 12. Our trip was from Rock Harbor to Windigo via the voyager II and walk back to Rock Harbor. We started on Aug. 8 by taking the Queen IV to RH, we walked out to Scolville point Saturday afternoon. The 9th we took the Voyager II to Windigo (long trip) and walked to Island Mine, this made for a really long day. From there we stopped at South Lake Desor, where we had a cow and calf moose walk through the camp. Next was Hatchet Lake, we saw a cow and calf moose swimming in the lake while there. We decided to walk to E. Chickenbone the next day. From there we went to Daisy Farm. The last morning we walked back to RH and took the Queen IV back to CH.
We had a great time and the kids (as well as us) were sad to leave. We walked a good bit before the tirp to get the kids ready for this but still probably should have done more. The 7 year old had a couple of tough times the first couple of days, mainly, I think, because she couldn't see much and there was nothing to do but walk. When we made camp she had plenty of energy and had a great time. We'll go back...
We had a great time and the kids (as well as us) were sad to leave. We walked a good bit before the tirp to get the kids ready for this but still probably should have done more. The 7 year old had a couple of tough times the first couple of days, mainly, I think, because she couldn't see much and there was nothing to do but walk. When we made camp she had plenty of energy and had a great time. We'll go back...