Isle Royale National Park – BOOTS on the TRAIL

2017 ~ Adventures with The LovedOne

2017-12-312022-01-30Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Other Adventures, Rafting, Snowshoe HikingTagged Death Valley National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Henry W. Coe State Park California, Isle Royale National Park, Middle Fork Salmon River Idaho, Palo Duro State Park Texas, Pinnacles National Park, Ruby Mountains Wilderness, Wild Rogue Loop5 Comments

The LovedOne is not keen on having her picture taken. I love taking her picture (and her too). This can create a bit of artistic tension when we’re out adventuring. But I have the camera and I’ve learned how to silence its shutter…

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Isle Royale National Park 07-Jun-2017

2017-06-072022-01-30Posted in Minnesota, Other Adventures, U.S. National Parks & MonumentsTagged Grand Portage Minnesota, Grand Portage National Monument, Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Minnesota, North Shore Minnesota, Superior Hiking Trail, United States

Since we’d all journeyed way up to the North Shore, almost everyone agreed that we needed to behoove ourselves of this opportunity for a daytrip to Isle Royale National Park. The park is only accessible by boat and we lucked-out in that the transportation boat, the Seahunter III, was starting its season the week we would be visiting. The Seahunter III is a 65-foot twin diesel vessel that provides passenger service between Grand Portage, Minnesota and Windigo, Michigan, the park headquarters on the southwest end of the island. There was some trepidation about riding a small boat across a large lake but conditions on our day of travel were sunny, clear, and glass smooth.

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A Week on the North Shore (Minnesota) 03-Jun-2017

2017-06-032022-05-05Posted in Hiking, Minnesota, U.S. National Parks & MonumentsTagged Day Hiking, Hiking, Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Minnesota, North Shore Minnesota, Superior Hiking Trail, United States

Our family is scattered across the United States and follows different schedules and lifestyles, so arranging a get together involves solving numerous multi-body problems. Our animating criterium was for a place where we could all be together but still have different things to do (because, inexplicably, we’re not all hikers). A secondary criterium was for that place to be new and different (for most of us at least).

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