[Rhodes22-list] High Adventure Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking Trip

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Hi Tom,

OK, me & my boat, let’s see … here’s a picture of me moving hand-over-hand thru a narrow crack:

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Here’s a picture of me paddling along a shear cliff:

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Here’s a picture of the 4 of us at sunset at Mosquito River

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If you literally meant you wanted to see a picture of my kayak, here it is by itself on the beach at Hurricane River:

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The kayak is a 2013 Delta 14.5 Expedition.

The nearest point on Lake Michigan to me is Ludington, which is ~117 miles from my house.  If you check the R-22 archives, you will find some pictures & stories of the towing rig we use to tow the kayaks behind S/V Dynamic Equilibrium.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium




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From: Tom Van Heule<mailto:tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 6:27 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] High Adventure Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking Trip

Rodger, looks like a great time with the family!

Surely you didn't take one picture of your boat on the trip?

We must not be too far apart, lake michigan will be our home waters as soon
as a slip opens up.
At which point I will send the trailer in for a beefier axle and other
work.

Do you tow/stow the kayaks on the r22?

Tvh

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 5:22 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Here are some photos from my Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sea
> kayaking trip with my brother-in-law, and two sons.  We car camped at Bay
> Furnace Campground in Christmas, MI on the night of August 20th, shuttled a
> vehicle to our take-out point, and sorted out gear.  The next day, we
> put-in at Sand Point in Munising, MI and paddled to Mosquito River
> Campground, ~8.0 miles.  The 2nd day, we paddled ~8.9 miles to Beaver Creek
> Campground.  The 3rd day, we paddled ~10.0 miles to Hurricane River
> Campground.  We were extremely fortunate with weather as this is a very
> exposed coastline.  There were some sea caves, waterfalls, and sea stacks
> on day 1; but, the best were on day 2.  By day 3, we had paddled beyond the
> cliffs of the Pictured Rocks into the Grand Sable Dunes area.  I have
> included a picture of what the dunes looked like.  These seemingly endless
> sand dunes have their own unique beauty.  But, if I had the trip to plan
> over again, I think I would have moved our take-out
>  to Twelvemile Beach Campground, and skipped the last 3 miles of
> paddling.  The sand dunes all start to look the same after a while.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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