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Trail Tales: Deep Trouble on Isle Royale (4/6)

Trail Tales: Deep Trouble on Isle Royale (4/6)

the warning signs I missed, or ignored

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Maddy Marquardt
Oct 14, 2021
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Things changed after day six. I had expected to feel relief at the halfway point; instead I only had an ugly knot of iron dread.

In the morning we made breakfast, watching the moose still on the ridge across from us. On the water, we paddled through islands while it drizzled, cold.

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