A special picture from an abandoned Skillagalee Island (aka Ile aux Galets) – a land of bird carnage and feces. There’s the dilapidated lighthouse, one dead tree, 3000 birds and at one moment three silly kayakers on this island. There’s really no reason you’d ever need to visit, so here’s a… Continue reading
This was one of our earlier paddles under the Mackinac Bridge, taken somewhere near the middle of the bridge (the work was going on between the towers). I’m curious how crazy those workers thought we were and if it was more crazy that I thought they were. Picture taken with… Continue reading
I was told I should post some kayaking pictures. The issue with kayaking pictures is that they often are taken with so-so cameras, prominently feature other people or aren’t taken by me and thus don’t fit the requirements for *my* daily photo. But, there are some… This one is of… Continue reading
If you turn about 120 degrees from yesterday’s picture, you can see the smokestacks of the T.B. Simon Power Plant including the MSU Smokestack. This plant is still in operation today and provides most of the campus’ power. If you happened to remember the Northeast blackout in 2003 – there should… Continue reading
The MSC Smokestack which, according to the internet, is no longer there. The power plant itself hadn’t been used since 1975. MSC were the school’s initials when it was Michigan State College, after it had been MAC – Michigan Agricultural College and before it became MSU. Taken on the same… Continue reading
We had a leisurely start to the day packing up all the items that we had laid out to dry and charge the night before, the stopping at the Walmart in Cody for foodstuffs and getting gas. We got back into Yellowstone through the East entrance (#1 on the map)…. Continue reading
Now for your oddly titled post… Day six of the San Francisco trip was actually spent *in* San Francisco. We stayed close to downtown at Adante Hotel, which was good, because driving would have been near impossible, but bad because the hotel itself was kinda dumpy, and did not have… Continue reading
We made the relatively long (about 2 hours) diversion south to hit up Monterey as it was reported to be a beautiful place to go see and supposedly has a very nice, or at least well known, aquarium. We stayed maybe half an hour north of Monterey and got a… Continue reading
We stayed in Yosemite for a second night (probably because I’m cheap and the camping didn’t cost much). Day two, after packing up, we went to find the Cathedral Lakes. It was about a 45 minute drive to get there, all inside the park, which is of course, huge. We… Continue reading
So, San Francisco Day 3, happened quite a way out of San Francisco in Yosemite Valley. We drove out to the North, across some other large bridges which are not nearly as famous as the Golden Gate. We drove the three or four hours out to Yosemite National Park –… Continue reading