Avoiding dark clothing also helps, although if you bump into a big swarm all bets are off.

I've never had a problem in May or early June but the egg hatch is controlled by the water temperature of open, running water.
An early/unusually warm Spring will hearld them in early.
I've seen them still ...

While looking at Marine Traffic I noticed a couple of private boats at The Island during October.

I could swear the Voyageur picked us up at Chippewa Harbor the 1st or 2nd week in October 1978. It was so cold, a cup of water in my boiling pot froze solid the night before.

It looks like NPS final ...

I gather you are getting to CH via the counter clockwise loop through Siskiwit then Whittlesey? I did this years ago but started paddling from Rock Harbor. The canoe only campgrounds on Ritchie, Wood and Whittlesey are very isolated, although total Island occupation will of course be low. You can't ...

JerryB wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 4:28 pmI worry about the other “problem” wolf.

Indeed. Both the press release and article spoke of "at least two wolves"

I hope it was soon enough before the tactics were learned by others.

How many "problem" wolves are there? Do they even know?

I can remember when it was originally thought it was just one wolf? But then how long would it take before others learn the techniques?

I wonder if the redblackrider group, that left South Desor at 11pm to hike the 11 miles to Windigo, came across the 2 rangers in the dark that hiked 11 miles from "somewhere" to the probable crime scene, arriving before dawn.


The redblackrider group left Friday night; the rangers left Sunday ...

RedLeg wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:30 amRangers would have hiked in out of Malone bay i suspect.

Good point. That's 11 miles as well.

Although I ask... Would there be a pair of Rangers already at Malone?

The OP on reddit said this morning that they've been contacted by the FBI, implying they are connected.


I agree, makes sense. What do they say? There are no coincidences.

I wonder if the redblackrider group, that left South Desor at 11pm to hike the 11 miles to Windigo, came across the 2 ...

A bit of a separate issue, but this article mentions that "a spokesperson said the deaths are not connected to an apparent arrest that was captured on video last week by U.P. Adventure Company." I hadn't heard anything about that.
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/06/10/2-unidentified ...

treeplanter wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:28 am This one is even better. From the "looking north" cam.

I agree treeplanter. Here is the time-lapse of day's captures ending with a nice Northern Lights. The time-lapse of the evaporation/sublimation is pretty cool.
North Shore Time-lapse 4/29/2025

There were many interesting things that presented yesterday.

Thanks for prompting me to have a closer look at what happened.

I need to go back through my archives and scan them with an eye towards the sky instead of the ground.

Based on the 4 or 5 pixels of bright white, I'm going with bald eagle too.
Then again it also resembles some of the photos I've seen from UFO sightings

Or is it the chem trail we're looking at?
J/K

What month? Surface temperatures increase throughout Spring and early Summer, peaking in early August. Washington Harbor is going to warm up more than open water.

He's a "swimmer"?
I'm a swimmer too and a pretty good swimmer, but I would not personally tackle this challenge. Based on that, without ...

I just noticed on page 8 of last year’s Greenstone (https://www.nps.gov/isro/upload/Web_2024-Greenstone_Final.pdf) the official guidance on choosing campsites. It is as related above but includes a final option before camping outside the campground: Ask to pitch a tent outside a shelter.

(I did ...