Day 10
By the time we were making morning coffee everybody else had gone already. We had quiet Moskey Basin all for ourselves. Last hike on Isle Royale. We first walked back final stretch of the trail from previous day to easter tip of Lake Richie, and then down to Chippewa Harbor. We spent an hour debating which shelter to take, 3 out of 4 were available when we arrived. We still had time to explore rocky coast of the bay beyond old fisherman’s house. On the way back to camp we followed short local trail to rocky hilltop with 360° view. We saw osprey coming back from fishing and later a couple of eagles flying by tree line on the other side of the bay. We started the following day earlier to be ready for ferry back to Grand Portage. Waiting at the dock we talked to other hikers and hungry visitor trying to catch fish from kayak for couple of days with no luck (he got some food from fellow hikers), and we got a brief sighting of lone common loon. We used good weather window to the max, clouds and rain returned as we arrived at Grand Portage. We drove to Wisconsin and camped at Pattison Park. Sleeping in our car helped – we did not have to pitch tent in the rain.
Chippewa Harbor
Day 11 & 12
Good sunny weather returned giving us opportunity to spend a few hours exploring Pattison Park WI, visiting Manitou Falls area and walking a bit along Black River, crossing North Country Trail from time to time. Pretty relaxing end of our trip, before driving to Chicago.
