Beaver Island Michigan

AEW, Take off yer tin foil hat immediately. This has been exhaustively studied by independent researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and their research indicated that wearing a hat of aluminum or other metal foil amplifies radio frequencies in the cranium. I kid you not. See: http:...

Jeff,

Really cool chart. Thanks.

And what is this streaking nonsense, anyhow? It wasn't poison oak on our tootsies that made bare skin on Garden Island hazardous the last time I was there. It was ravenous mosquitos. Perish the thought of running nekkid through a cloud of them.

TGIF.

Grape Island is a tiny island on USGS quadrangle maps from over 20 years ago when Lake Michigan levels were higher. It was between Garden and Hog Island. It is currently a peninsula at the southwest tip of of Hog Island. Location: Latitude: 460248N Longitude: 0834319W It's a great place for Northern...

As to flora, it depends. Conditions vary by weather and Lake Michigan lake level. My experience of Grape Island and the west side of Hog Island in 2006 is memorialized at: http://www.evanmpeterson.com/emp_thoughts4.html ...but I wouldn't want you to rely on it two years later. Last year we popped ov...

My family and I enjoyed hiking on the south side of the island this year, thanks to signs and marked trees. Please see: http://www.evanmpeterson.com/emp_thoughts.html I thought the differentiation between where machines and hikers were welcome was smart for all concerned, given the risks of getting ...

Don, The water between Hog and Garden Island is shallow - the bottom comes up fast in places. As for exploring Hog Island itself, see: http://www.evanmpeterson.com/emp_thoughts4.html As for High Island, it often features unbroken fields of hip-deep poison oak. I was there a couple of weeks ago and t...