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By Wayne Culp
The idea for this trip started when
Mike McLaughlin's son Tom and my son Charles, along with their friend
Andy McAllister, hiked the
continental divide in Wyoming's Wind River Range this summer.
Mike and I decided we also should make take a backpacking trip.
He always wanted to hike Isle Royale in Lake
Superior.
This is my journal of the trip. Mike and I left Omaha just after 7 AM and
arrived at Grand Marais, MN 12 1/2 hours later. We stayed at the Super 8
motel. The "Howling
Wolf" was a bar and cafe just like many that I remember in the
mountains in Montana. They were supposed to have kareoke, but
we didn't stay around to hear the small crowd sing.
This trip was before the fall color change on the North Shore but
after Labor Day and Grand Marais was very quiet. So Mike and I
headed back to our room to
divide the backpacking food and other supplies and I hit the sack after
calling Camille.
We made this trip in September of 1999. I
would appreciate trading stories of similar trips and would answer any
questions.
Just drop me a line at wculp(at)tconl.com.
Interesting links:
Unofficial
webpage for Isle Royale National Park
Official webpage
for Isle Royale National Park
This RingSurf Isle
Royale National Park Net Ring
owned by a
Backpacker and Isle Royale supporter.
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