The Intrepid HPC Hikers
Backpack South Manitou Island.
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Thursday night dinner stop at West Branch exit of I-75
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Thursday night dinner stop at West Branch exit of I-75
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Taken from the ferry as we approached the dock on the island Friday morning.
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Friday morning in Leeland, waiting until it is time to board the ferry and depart. |
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Taken just after unloading from the ferry Friday morning. |
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Taken just after unloading from the ferry Friday morning. |
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Near the unloading area Friday morning. |
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Taken as we began the 1.5-mile hike to our campsites Friday morning. |
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Friday, during the hike from the drop-off point to our campsites. |
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The beach near our campsites Friday afternoon. |
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The Cook’s campsite. |
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The Lyles’ campsite. |
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Friday, hiking near Florence Lake, a small lake on the south side of the island. |
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Friday, during a hike. |
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Walking near the shore of Florence Lake, a small lake on the island. |
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Friday, during a hike. |
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Friday, hiking in the woods. |
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Friday, looking down from a sandy bluff to the beach below. |
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Friday, looking from the beach back up the bluff. |
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Friday, posing in front of the “Francisco Morazan,” shipwrecked in1960. |
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Friday, near the shipwreck. |
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Queen of the rock, Friday afternoon. |
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The Lyles’ campsite, Friday evening. |
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The Jackson’s campsite, Friday evening. |
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The "hanging tree" at the Cook campsite, where items were hung to dry or to keep from crawling critters. |
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Relaxing and reading away from the mosquitoes. |
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Hiking to the old farms, Saturday morning. |
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Hiking to the old farms, Saturday morning. |
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The remnants of old farming implements, Saturday morning. |
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The remnants of old farming implements, Saturday morning. |
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The remnants of old hay mower, Saturday morning. |
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The remnants of old hay mower, Saturday morning. |
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A new use for an old farming implement. |
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Saturday morning, at the cemetery near the farms in the island's interior. The cross in the foreground contains an unknown skeleton found on the dunes in 1933. |
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Saturday morning, as we hiked to the old farms. |
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Saturday morning, as we hiked to the old farms. |
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We stopped to eat lunch at one of the old farms on Saturday. |
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A white spider with its prey, Saturday afternoon. |
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Walking through one of the old farmyards, Saturday afternoon. |
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Hiking the loop around the old farms, Saturday afternoon. |
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Climbing the foundation of an old barn, Saturday afternoon. |
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Inside the foundation of an old barn, Saturday afternoon. |
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A building at one of the old farms, Saturday afternoon. |
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Inside the foundation of an old barn, Saturday afternoon. |
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Saturday, stretching after eating lunch on the trail. |
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The large boat found abandoned in the interior of the island, miles away from the water. |
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Saturday afternoon, walking through the old farm fields. |
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An old farming field, returned to nature, Saturday afternoon. |
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Posing by a bizarre old growth cedar tree on Saturday afternoon. |
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Saturday afternoon, hiking to the old growth cedars. |
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One of the old cedars, Saturday afternoon. |
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A Saturday afternoon pose in front of a fallen old growth cedar, which is 6 feet in diameter. |
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A view from atop the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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A view from atop the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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A view from atop the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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A view from atop the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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On the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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The trail to the dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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The trail to the dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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The trail to the dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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Climbing the dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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On the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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On the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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On the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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On the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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On the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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On the sand dunes, Saturday afternoon. |
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Saturday evening, around the campfire. |
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Sunday morning, hiking back to the ferry pickup point. |
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Sunday morning, hiking back to the ferry pickup point. |
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Sunday morning, in front of the lighthouse. |
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Sunday morning, in front of the lighthouse. |
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A seagull floats in the wind just outside the lighthouse, Sunday morning. |
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Resting near the lighthouse, Sunday morning. |
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A monarch butterfly caterpillar, Sunday morning. |
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Scenes from inside the visitor's center Sunday morning. |
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Scenes from inside the visitor's center Sunday morning. |
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Sunday morning on the ferry. |
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