Isle Royale: July 2019

Moose

Moose

Beaver Dam

Beaver at work

A Beaver

Beavers at work

Wolf Print--the closest we got to wolves

Suzy's Cave

Suzy's Cave

Rock Harbour to Lane Cove:   6.9 miles. Lane Cove is off the beaten path; it was by far the least crowded,  prettiest, and more private campsite.

Lane Cove to McCargoe: 13 miles  We met a very interesting woman at McCargoe who comes regularly to the island and also a parcel of kids. Nice campground, we saw a beaver here.

McCargoe to Todd Harbour: 6.7 miles.  We scheduled fewer miles this day because the Minong Ridge was supposed to be harder, but it wasn't. The campground was nice but because another trail ran parallel to the main trail, it wasn't as private as some of the other campsites.

Todd Harbour to West Chickenbone: 12 miles: we had originally planned to only go to Hatchett, but we decided to come back a day earlier and do two days in one. So we had breakfast at Hatchett and moved along to West Chickenbone.   A moose walked waded in the water right past out tents and then started eating from the bottom of the lake. I was woken up about 4 the next morning by a fox staring into my eyes.  We really liked W. Chickenbone.

West Chickenbone to Daisy Farm: 7.5 miles:  We decided to get closer so that the last day we would easily make the boat. We would have made it even from a further campsite.

Daisy Farm to Rock Harbor: 7.5 miles. Along the way was Suzy's Cave--it was really fun to climb through and over. Even more fun was the fact that I made new friends: Nick and Brittany.

1 to 3 July: Lima Suburbs and flight home

We stayed at the Flying Dog Hostel in Miraflores. The first day we walked around Miraflores, mostly towards the ocean where there are a number of trails overlooking the cliff and the ocean.

Paddington

 We explored a shopping mall built into the cliff. 

 We also spent time hanging out in the park right across from our hotel.

The next day we took an Uber to Barranco where we walked around a little.

Then we had lunch in an old railroad car

before walking along the ocean back to Mireflores

 and then walking back up to the top of the cliff near where we had been the previous day and the to the pyramid located in Miraflores.

 Since it wasn't open, we walked around it and looked at it through the fence. Then we had dessert at the Raw Cafe and walked back to our hostel. 

Our flight left around 11pm. The one thing we discovered is that Spirit takes away all drinks right before you board the plane, and they don't seem to have a plan to allow you to rehydrate. I also discovered going through customs again in Florida for my next flight that bringing a powdery substance, namely Peruvian salt, causes great alarm to customs agents which causes great delays. Not an ideal situation when the next flight is scheduled to leave in a few minutes But I made my flight anyway. The doors were closed almost immediately after I entered.