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

Fri Sep 11 20:04:36 EDT 2020

Hi Tom,

My younger son, Gary & family, live in Wyocena, WI, which is a northern suburb of Madison, WI.  Gary is a police detective on the Madison Police Dept.  Driving around Chicago, IL, it’s about a 500 mile drive from my house.  Where in Wisconsin do you live?

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 7:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] High Adventure Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking Trip

Superb Roger.

I spent 20 years north of muskegon, west of 131...
Coming " home" twice a year for the steelhead runs.

I thought you might be in Wisconsin, but we can surely meet up someday as
we're only 100 miles apart?!
  All the best everyone,
TVH

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 6:46 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> OK, me & my boat, let’s see … here’s a picture of me moving hand-over-hand
> thru a narrow crack:
>
> [cid:image004.jpg at 01D68871.F0D4FAE0]
>
> Here’s a picture of me paddling along a shear cliff:
>
> [cid:image003.jpg at 01D68874.485C9820]
>
> Here’s a picture of the 4 of us at sunset at Mosquito River
>
> [cid:image007.jpg at 01D68874.485C9820]
>
> If you literally meant you wanted to see a picture of my kayak, here it is
> by itself on the beach at Hurricane River:
>
> [cid:image010.jpg at 01D68874.485C9820]
>
> 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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