[Rhodes22-list] Apostle Island Trip

[Jesse Shumaker]

Roger, thanks for the tips!  It is good to know which islands may be best
to visit in this 4 day trip.  We plan to do some hiking while we are
there.

I'm currently reading a book about the Apostle Islands that is told from a
kayakers perspective.  Doing this on a kayak must be an adventure indeed!
My kayaking has been limited to inland lakes and gentle rivers.

We will have a dinghy with an outboard so that should make the islands and
hopefully some of the caves accessible for exploring.

One day I may make it back up there with my Rhodes.

Jesse
S/V Zephyr

On Sun, May 31, 2020, 1:22 PM Roger Pihlaja Home <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
wrote:

> Jessie,
>
> My two sons and I did the Apostle Islands in sea kayaks several years ago
> as a family High Adventure Trip.  Hopefully, your mother ship will have a
> dingy or inflatable or something that will let you explore the sea caves.
> The best are on Sand Island and on Squaw Bay just south of the Sand Pt
> visitor center on the mainland.  The Squaw Bay sea caves are especially
> spectacular!  Both of these sea cave sites are best seen from a small
> boat.  You need a dead calm sea state to explore the caves.  A sea kayak is
> best because many of the cave entrances are narrow.  If you go, bring along
> a headlight.    A rock climbing helmet is also not a bad idea because the
> occasional powerboat wake can enter the caves and bounce you off the
> ceiling even on a dead calm day!  There are interesting lighthouses and
> associated out buildings to tour on Sand Island and Raspberry Island.  The
> outer islands in the archipelago are pretty exposed to Lake Superior and
> you need to be careful where you anchor if you are staying overnight.  The
> whole area is a world class cruising ground and spectacularly beautiful!
> Once you leave Bayfield, WI and Madeline Island behind, you need to be
> pretty self sufficient.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On May 30, 2020, at 4:56 PM, Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Chris, thanks for the tips on Kansas lakes.  I'll definitely let you
> know
> > if whenever I head that direction since it would be fun to go sailing
> > together.  Since I don't have a tow vehicle, my road trip plans
> coordinating
> > with one my friends with a truck that wants to go as well.  I suppose I
> > could rent a truck but that's a last resort.  Eventually I may get a tow
> > vehicle but I'm not in a hurry for that.
> >
> > The first road trip with my boat will be to Lake Rathbun in Iowa, which
> is
> > just a few hours away.  Several boats from my club will be traveling
> > together (our little trailer sailor caravan) in early July for that trip.
> >
> > Regarding South Dakota, I had a trip planned with a couple of friends to
> > Lake Francis Case, which is one dam downstream of Oahe on the Missouri.
> My
> > friend's family has a cabin on the lake.  That trip got postponed due to
> > COVID-19, but we may go around Labor Day this year or sometime next year
> > instead.  I'll report back whenever we go.  I'd be up for taking my boat
> on
> > a trip down Oahe if you ever wanted to meet up for that.  It would be a
> fun
> > adventure!
> >
> >
> >
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