[Rhodes22-list] Cruising To Garden Island - The Rest Of The Story

Jesse Shumaker jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com
Sat Oct 17 20:35:12 EDT 2020 

Roger, thanks for the tips on Garden Island.  I'll be sure to post some
photos if we make it out there next year.  I'm working a recap of the
recent trip to Grand Traverse Bay but catching back up at work after
vacation and hauling out my boat have kept me busy.  In exciting news,
today I traded in my hatchback and purchased a tow vehicle so I won't have
to rely on friends with trucks.  My ability to plan road trips just
increased dramatically!

Jesse Shaker
S/V Zephyr

On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 12:52 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
wrote:

> Jesse,
>
> Given the number of years since they were installed and the harsh weather,
> I’d be curious what the condition of our trail signs are.  Hopefully,
> nobody vandalized them; but, you never know.  The Native American Graveyard
> is pretty interesting.  The hiking is easy, with no more than 20 feet of
> elevation change over the entire island.  Hopefully, there’s been enough
> foot traffic over the years to keep the trails from getting overgrown
>
> There is only one natural harbor on the east side of Garden Island.  It’s
> pretty well protected; but the bottom is gravel and the holding is poor.
> If you are staying overnight, consider putting out 2 anchors.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 10, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Roger, thanks for sharing about your son Daniel's eagle scout project.
> > That sounds like another great adventure!  If we make it to Garden Island
> > on our trip next June, I'll be sure to take some photos of the trails
> since
> > that may bring back some good memories.
> >
> > Jesse Shumaker
> > S/V Zephyr
> >
> >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 7:03 AM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jesse,
> >>
> >> There is actually another chapter to the Garden Island Cruise.  My older
> >> son, Daniel, was looking around for an Eagle Service Project when we
> >> visited Garden Island.  He decided he would try to do some trail
> >> improvements on the deserted island.  This was a pretty ambitious
> project
> >> considering Garden Island is ~35 miles offshore in the middle of
> northern
> >> Lake Michigan!  I didn’t think about it anymore until, one day at
> work,  I
> >> got a telephone call from the Commander of the US Coast Guard Station,
> >> Charlevoix, MI.  He asked me if I knew a Boy Scout named Daniel
> Pihlaja.  I
> >> thought, “Oh No, what does the US Coast Guard want with Daniel?!?”  The
> >> Commander told me they had discussed Daniel’s potential Eagle Service
> >> Project, that he was very impressed with Daniel’s enthusiasm and
> >> salesmanship, and was just trying to confirm if this kid was for real or
> >> not before committing US Coast Guard resources.  Anyway, we ended up
> doing
> >> the trail improvement project as our Troop’s High Adventure Backcountry
> >> Camping Trip the following summer.  The US Coast Guard transported us
> and
> >> our gear from Charlevoix to Garden Island aboard one of their cutters.
> >> This was done at taxpayer expense as a “training exercise”.  The US
> Coast
> >> Guard dropped us off, sailed away, and picked us up four days later.  It
> >> was a very lonely feeling watching the ship sail away when you are on an
> >> uninhabited island in the middle of Lake Michigan!  Besides the US Coast
> >> Guard, Daniel also had to obtain permission from the Michigan DNR and
> the
> >> Chippewa Indian Tribe to do this project.  All the permits from these
> >> various burocracies took several months to obtain and I was impressed
> with
> >> Daniel’s patience and persistence as he successfully jumped thru every
> >> hoop.  The MDNR had a very specific design for trail signs that we had
> to
> >> follow.  We prefabricated the trail signs over the winter.  The Chippewa
> >> Indian Tribe’s primary concern was that the sanctity and dignity of
> their
> >> ancient burial ground be preserved.  They asked that none of the trail
> maps
> >> show the location of the burial ground.  They also had us put up a sign
> at
> >> the entrance explaining it was holy ground and what was expected of
> >> visitors.  We had two base camps, one on the north and the other on the
> >> south end of the island.  Each day, after breakfast, we broke up into
> work
> >> parties and installed our assigned trail signs.  We were usually done by
> >> early afternoon and the rest of the day was spent swimming and
> exploring.
> >> After two days, we moved our base camp to a location more convenient to
> >> install the trail signs on the other end of the island.  It was actually
> >> quite a relaxing trip.
> >>
> >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> >> Windows 10
> >>
> >> From: Jesse Shumaker<mailto:jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 5:39 PM
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] August, 2006 High Adventure Kayaking Trip
> To
> >> The Apostle Islands
> >>
> >> Roger, thanks for sharing the PDF of your 2006 adventure in the Apostle
> >> Islands.  When I was doing a brief review of Peter's new draft of the
> >> website last week, I stumbled on the account of your trip from
> >> Charlevoix to Beaver Island and Garden Island in Northern Michigan.
> That
> >> is quite an ambitious trip for a 22' boat!  After spending time
> exploring
> >> Grand Traverse Bay a couple of weeks ago, my wife and I are planning
> >> (weather permitting) to make the trek from Charlevoix to Beaver Island
> in a
> >> bigger boat that we'll be chartering with another couple in late June
> next
> >> year.
> >>
> >> Jesse Shumaker
> >> S/V Zephyr
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 6:15 AM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> I keep forgetting that the Rhodes List server strips out MS Word
> >>> documents.  The attached .pdf file is the day-by-day summary of the
> trip
> >>> mentioned  below.
> >>>
> >>> Roger Pihlaja
> >>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >>>
> >>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> >>> Windows 10
> >>>
> >>> From: ROGER PIHLAJA<mailto:roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 6:18 PM
> >>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] August, 2006 High Adventure Kayaking Trip To
> The
> >>> Apostle Islands
> >>>
> >>> From: ROGER PIHLAJA<mailto:roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 6:15 PM
> >>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Subject: August, 2006 High Adventure Kayaking Trip To The Apostle
> Islands
> >>>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> I finally found the files for the sea kayaking trip that Daniel, Gary,
> >>> Patrick Aldrich, and I took to the Apostle Islands on August 25-28,
> 2006.
> >>> Patrick Aldrich was one of Daniel’s friends from Boy Scouts.  The
> >> attached
> >>> MS Word file is a day-by-day summary of the trip with an annotated
> chart
> >>> showing our travels.  The rest of the attached files are photos.  The
> >> thing
> >>> about the sea caves that surprised me the most was how colorful they
> were
> >>> inside.
> >>>
> >>> Roger Pihlaja
> >>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> >>> Windows 10
> >>>
> >>> From: ROGER PIHLAJA<mailto:Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com>
> >>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 6:18 PM
> >>> To: Bill Woodgate<mailto:wrwoodgate at gmail.com>; Gary Pihlaja<mailto:
> >>> gjpihlaja at gmail.com>; Mr. Daniel Pihlaja<mailto:dpihlaja83 at yahoo.com>
> >>> Subject: Proposed Summer of 2021 High Adventure Sailing/Kayaking Trip
> To
> >>> The Apostle Islands
> >>>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> I’ve tried to imagine in a little more detail what a High Adventure
> Trip
> >>> in the Apostle Islands with S/V Dynamic Equilibrium and the kayaks
> might
> >>> look like.  The attached MS PowerPoint file gives an overview of the
> >> float
> >>> plan.  We would probably want to do this trip in mid August, 2021 to
> give
> >>> Lake Superior as much time as possible to warm up.  Each day’s course
> on
> >>> the mother ship is shown in a different color and paddling trips are
> >> shown
> >>> in red.  These are going to be several very rich full days in a row;
> but,
> >>> still doable.
> >>>
> >>> Proposed Itinerary:
> >>>
> >>> Day      Description
> >>>
> >>> 1             Drive to Little Sand Bay Visitor Center & set up camp at
> >>> Little Sand Bay CG
> >>>
> >>> 2             Morning day trip paddle to Squaw Bay Sea Caves, Lunch at
> >>> camp, Rig & launch sailboat, Sail out to Sand Island, Camp on Sand
> Island
> >>> NOTE: The day trip paddle could be switched to the last day to
> >> accommodate
> >>> weather
> >>>
> >>> 3             Hike to Sand Island Lighthouse, Day trip paddle to
> Justice
> >>> Bay Sea Caves, Sail to Devil’s Island, Day trip paddle to Devil’s
> Island
> >>> Sea Caves, Sail to Rocky Island, Camp at Rocky Island CG
> >>>
> >>> 4             Sail to Manitou Island, Tour Manitou Island Fish Camp,
> Sail
> >>> To Stockton Island via east coast & decide if sea caves and balancing
> >> rock
> >>> are worth a day trip paddle, moor at Stockton Island Dock 1, tour
> >> Stockton
> >>> Island Visitor Center, Camp at Stockton Island CG
> >>>
> >>> 5             Sail back to Little Sand Bay Visitor Center, retrieve and
> >>> unrig boat, camp at Little Sand Bay CG
> >>>
> >>> 6             Drive home
> >>>
> >>> This float plan will let visit all the major sea caves, sea arches, sea
> >>> stacks, and other major attractions in the Apostle Islands archipelago.
> >>> Devil’s Island is the northern most island in the archipelago.  The
> dock
> >> at
> >>> Rocky Island is one of the most protected docks, especially in the
> outer
> >>> islands.  We could hunker down here to allow bad weather to pass by if
> we
> >>> had to.  The dock at Stockton Island is also relatively well protected,
> >>> except from the south and southwest.  Both Sand Island and Stockton
> >> Island
> >>> have ranger stations if we get in trouble.
> >>>
> >>> Roger Pihlaja
> >>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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