Fortune Bay Expedition Team - Expedition Journal

"If a man goes to sea by choice, he'll go to hell for recreation." - Ancient Scottish Saying The planned return of the expedition on August 24th, 200...

  We launched just as the water calmed to a surreal deadness. The black stillness you get only after a storm. Within minutes, the previous tail wind...

     The temperature dropped quite a bit over the past few days.  Just a week ago, I was lamenting how the heat tends to sap your...

  Shelter at the Paris County Park - Paris, Michigan     It was difficult to hear each other over the crunching roar of bike tires and...

  North Country Trail - Michigan's Upper Peninsula Saturday, September 18th, 2010   TRAIL DAY 0 The night before the hike, I walked to the downtown...

TRAIL DAY 2  -  16 miles Crossing the suspension bridge over the Black River Harbor gave a final look at Rainbow Falls before the trail ascended...

TRAIL DAY 4  -  15 miles Anxiously arriving at M-64, I was happy to find the supply drop that my ride Sam and I left hanging in a tree on the...

TRAIL DAY 6  -  6 miles Everything including my boots were soaked except for a lightweight set of long underwear and a pair of socks. ...

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