A description of the second part of three for the twelth day of my adventure to Isle Royale National Park during late summer 2011. My second to last segment of the Greenstone Ridge Trail took me from the Hatchet Lake Trail intersection all the way to the Indian Portage Trail.
Isle Royale Trip: Alone at Hatchet Lake Campground
Quiet on Isle Royale is rare thing, a treasure to savor when it occurs. Typically, there is always something breaking the silence, be it natural or not. Either the wind is blowing, the waves crashing on the shoreline, the birds singing, the crickets chirping, the mosquitoes buzzing or people chatting. Although the natural sounds are
Isle Royale Trip: Last Chance to Bail on the Minong Ridge Trail
Today is the last possible opportunity to bail out on completing the Minong Ridge Trail. After reaching the Hatchet Lake Trail, which should be early this morning, there are no other opportunities to exit the Minong Ridge Trail. After this the only choices are to hike all the way to the end at Windigo, or
