Images from June 30-July 6, 2024
Isle Royale–Keweenaw Course
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Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Thermometer Billboard showing Snowfall Depth
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Holy Transfiguration Skete, Society of St. John Monastery -- Western Ukraine Byzantine design
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Jacobs Falls
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Lake Superior shore at Monastery
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Picnic Lunch at Eagle Harbor Lighthouse
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Brockway Mountain
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Brockway Mountain
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Copper Harbor Overlook, Brockway Mountain
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Living History at Fort Wilkins
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Living History at Fort Wilkins
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Wading in cold Lake Superior at Fort Wilkins State Park
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Lake Superior shore at Fort Wilkins State Park
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Dinner at Harbor Haus Restaurant in Copper Harbor
Keweenaw Peninsula Coach Tour -- Wait Staff at Harbor Haus Restaurant in Copper Harbor dancing for Isle Royale Queen ferry as it returns from Isle Royale
On board Ranger III -- passing under aerial lift bridge as we leave Houghton
On board Ranger III -- demonstrating location of lifejackets
On board Ranger III -- with arachnid passenger
On board Ranger III -- after passing Keweenaw Upper Entry Lighthouse and entering open Lake Superior
On board Ranger III -- Fogbank over Isle Royale
On board Ranger III -- approaching Rock Harbor Lighthouse as we arrive at Isle Royale
Morning Walk -- Tobin Harbor
Morning Walk -- Watching Loons, Tobin Harbor
Morning Fog Bow at Rock Harbor
Scoville Point Hike
Scoville Point Hike -- pointing out a unique club moss
Scoville Point Hike
Scoville Point Hike -- Sandhill Cranes with two juveniles (two weeks earlier our first group saw a sandhill crane nesting near this area)
Nesting Sandhill Crane, photographed 2 weeks earlier
Scoville Point Hike -- Sandhill Crane with 2 little ones (less than 2 weeks old)
Hiking to Scoville Point
Hiking to Scoville Point
Hiking to Scoville Point
Approaching tip of Scoville Point
Resting at the tip of Scoville Point
Leaving Scoville Point
Leaving Scoville Point
Scoville Point Hike
Showing wolf scat to the group
Group Photo on Guest House Deck
Alternate Group Photo on Guest House Deck
Morning Walk -- Tobin Harbor
Hiking to Suzy's Cave
Hiking to Suzy's Cave
Hiking to Suzy's Cave
Hiking to Suzy's Cave -- Fringed Polygala (Gaywings) along trail
Rest Break inside Suzy's Cave
Rest Break inside Suzy's Cave
Suzy's Cave -- exploring back entrance
Hiking along Tobin Harbor, returning from Suzy's Cave
Suzy's Cave Hike
Arrival at Bangsund Cabin, the Wolf-Moose research station
Dr. Rolf Peterson speaking to group at the Wolf-Moose research station
Antlered Skull Display at the Wolf-Moose research station
Talking with Rolf Peterson at the Wolf-Moose research station
Rock Harbor Lighthouse
Middle Islands Passage Overlook at Rock Harbor Lighthouse
Middle Islands Passage Overlook at Rock Harbor Lighthouse
Middle Islands Passage Overlook at Rock Harbor Lighthouse -- Friends from High School
Exploring the shore and rockhunting at Rock Harbor Lighthouse
Sunrise at Rock Harbor Lodge
Morning Walk -- Wolf at Rock Harbor Lodge
Morning Walk -- Tobin Harbor
Entering Raspberry Island Bog
Raspberry Island -- Lake Superior outer shore
Raspberry Island -- Lake Superior outer shore
Raspberry Island -- balsam fir cones
Snug Harbor Shore (at Rock Harbor Lodge), Ranger III docked beyond
Morning Walk -- Tobin Harbor
Morning Walk -- Tobin Harbor Sunrise
On board Ranger III, leaving Isle Royale
Viewing Rock Harbor Lighthouse as Ranger III leaves Isle Royale
On board Ranger III -- passing Keweenaw Upper Entry Lighthouse as we return to the mainland
On board Ranger III -- passing Keweenaw Upper Entry Lighthouse as we return to the mainland
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