South Manitou Island

South Manitou Camping Trip 2008
Friday, May 23rd

The Island Ferry

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The Island Welcome Center

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Map of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park

We were on the Smaller Island at the far left of the map

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Pictures of Us

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Getting to the Campsite (a 3.7 mile hike)

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Barn from one of the old Farms on the island

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Brian with his 42 lb pack.

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Popple Camp Grounds Map

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1st Night - Popple Campsite #5

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View of the sky above our tent

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Cooking the 1st nights dinner on the beach by our campsite

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Coffee brewing next to the tent

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Napping in the hammock.

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2nd Night - Popple Campsite #3

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Sky view from our 2nd campsite

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Western view of the beach from our campsite

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Eastern view of the beach from our campsite

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Trail leading from the beach up to our campsite

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View from our beach to the West

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View from our beach to the East

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Filtering Water from Lake Michigan (the lake was 38 degrees)

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Cooking Dinner

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Morning coffee on the beach

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2nd Day - Pictures from our 10 mile Hike

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Pictures of us sitting on top of one of the dunes, where we stopped for a snack

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Fox paw prints in the sand. Every beach was lined with these prints.

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We believe that this is what the foxes were hunting

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What was left of the historic island fishtown dock

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At this point we had to leave the beach and cut inland to avoid the nesting area

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Wild flowers along the trail

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Sand dunes

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Erinn sitting on a buoy that floated up onto the beach.

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Bald Eagle flying by us.

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Misc. beach pictures

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Tanker in the distance

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Butterfly on the beach

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South Manitou Lighthouses

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Old Lighthouse

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New Lighthouse

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