Sail to Slate Islands
In early September My friend Dave Freeman asked if I was interested in helping he and another friend, also Dave sail S.V. Yemaya from Grand Marais to the Slate Islands. I was going to blog about it but never got around to it. I did take some photos so I've put a few in this single blog post. It took about 5 days with sailing/motoring on through the first night. We anchored a night at the end of Otter Cove and the next night at the Rossport dock as we needed fuel. Then 2 nights at 2 different anchorages on the Slates and another night at the Rossport dock and a final one out in Little Lake Harbor. Amy was already out on the Slates handling kayaking logistics for a group of 3 geologists studying the fascinating meteor impact creation of this Island Group. Dave and Amy are both former kayak guide employees of mine and are known for the Wilderness Classroom Organization . The 3 of us plus their intern Dan were kayaking/camping on the Slates in 2012. This was during the cont