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

Sat Sep 12 16:51:40 EDT 2020

It will be an amazing trip if you get up there.
I did a week of backpacking for my arrow of light on IR.

Ill need more practice on our Rhodes in lake Michigan before I am conifient
try Superior.

Maybe we can do a door county run next year.

On Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 9:18 AM Stephen Staum <snstaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great Pictures Roger.  Thanks for sharing.
>
>
> *Stephen Staum*
> *s/v Carol Lee 2*
> *1983 Rhodes 22*
> *Needham, MA*
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> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 10:05 AM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Originally, the kayak towing harness for S/V Dynamic Equilibrium was to
> > facilitate a Sailing/Kayaking High Adventure Trip wherein we were going
> > circumnavigate Isle Royale in western Lake Superior.  This trip was going
> > to be in the summer of 2002 using S/V Dynamic Equilibrium as a mother
> > ship.  Unfortunately, 9/11 happened and the US economy went into a deep
> > recession.  I got laid off in the spring of 2002 and the trip had to be
> > postponed.  Between going back to school to get another degree in
> > mechanical engineering, searching for a new job, and the boys going off
> to
> > college and starting their own careers; the Isle Royale trip never
> > happened.  Since then, we have started including my brother-in-law, Ken,
> in
> > our High Adventure trips.  There is a story in the R-22 archives about a
> > voyage to Garden Island in northern Lake Michigan aboard S/V Dynamic
> > Equilibrium.  It was Ken’s 1st blue water sailing experience and we kind
> of
> > scared him on the return trip.  I haven’t suggested any sailing High
> > Adventure Trips since then.
> >
> > The word around the campfire on the Pictured Rocks High Adventure Trip
> was
> > everyone was interested in going back to the Apostle Islands in western
> > Lake Superior by sea kayak in the summer of 2021.  We only visited 4
> > islands out of 22 in the archipelago the last time we were there.  I may
> > explore how Ken would feel about using S/V Dynamic Equilibrium as a
> mother
> > ship for the kayaks.  We would definitely be able to cover more water.
> >
> > Roger Pihlaja
> > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Sep 11, 2020, at 8:12 PM, Tom Van Heule <
> > tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > We're in northwest Waukesha county.
> > > Probably an hour or so from you son.
> > > Absolutely on your way via 94, maybe 10 minutes off course.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > IMG_20200730_204146.jpg
> > > <
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/19_hhNDm1YrRJA14JZsWkxeDbks_khaZh/view?usp=drivesdk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 7:04 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> 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
> > >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> > >> Windows 10
> > >> From: Tom Van Heule<mailto:tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com>
> > >> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 7:58 PM
> > >> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >> 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
> > >>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> > >>> Windows 10
> > >>> 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
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