Apostle Islands 2002

Into the Abyss (Apostle Islands-somewhere between Sand and York Island)

28Aug05:  I'll be adding more pictures when I can.  Yeah, it's over 2 years later but better late then never.. ;)

Monika and I planned a kayaking trip in mid-September to the Apostle Islands located in Lake Superior above Bayfield, WI.  We invited her brother Chris since he had some free time and hey; we like the kid!!!!  He drove up from Westmont to our place in St. Louis Park, MN (suburb of Minneapolis).  From there, it was just a 5 hour drive to Red Cliff, MN which is just a couple miles drive from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Ranger Station where we would be launching from.

We spent the first night camping at Red Cliff so we'd get enough rest for morning paddle.  And wouldn't you know it; there happen to be a casino across the street from the campground.  So, we decided to have a little R&R and Chris and I actually made some money...poor Monika.

Our trip consisted of 4 days/3 three nights and would include paddling out(6mi) and camping at primitive a site on the mainland,  hitting Sand Island(4.5mi), York Island(4mi) and then back to the main dock(4mi) on the mainland.  Including the time spent checking out sea caves on the mainland over on the west side of the land; we paddled a total of about 22 miles. 

Day 1&2:

We set the truck with the boats - doesn't it look cool with 3 boats on top?!? - and made our way to Red Cliff, WI.  After a nights rest, we loaded the boats up and made the ~6mile trip to our campsite west of Sand Point on the mainland.  After setting up camp, we made our way west along the shoreline to check out the sea caves located about 3 miles out.