IRNP, Day 9 Lane Cove to Rock Harbor, 7.7 miles
It’s a rewind of the trail out of Lane Cove to Rock Harbor where the wind delays the plane.
IRNP, Day 8 Moskey Basin to Lane Cove, 10.8 miles
The trail heads up to Mount Ojibwe then down into forest to a remote cove.
IRNP, Day 7 McCargoe Cove to Moskey Basin, 9.8 miles
Passing Chickenbone and Ritchie Lakes to Moskey, I’m attacked by leeches, then see otters at sunset.
IRNP Day 6, Todd Harbor to McCargoe Cove, 6.2 miles
It’s a short walk to the cove through lightening, thunder and a downpour.
IRNP Day 5, South Lake Desor to Todd Harbor, 11.6 miles
The Minong Ridge meanders through dams, birches then to a stunning campsite facing Canada.
IRNP, Day 4 Siskiwit Bay to South Lake Desor, 9.8 miles
Carnelian beach is slow through overgrowth and wetland, then it’s over Mount Desor to a lake.
IRNP, Day 3, Feldtmann Lake to Siskiwit Bay, 10.2 miles
The walk to a view is fogged in, but Blissful is rewarded with thousands of dew-covered spider webs.
IRNP Day 2, Hugginin Cove to Feldtmann Lake (Rainbow) Cove 14.4 miles
The trail heads up to a ridge before descending through thick brush where I meet a moose and a fox.
IRNP Day 1, Windigo to Hugginin Cove, 5.1 miles
A fog delay offers me another side or the island with thimbleberries, a sunset and an averted injury.