r/isleroyale • u/jcarp136 • 22h ago
Pictures Minong - The Good Place: 6 days and 46 Miles Across America’s Least Visited National Park on 35 mm film.
One of the more remarkable trips I’ve ever been on and my second time backpacking, my buddy and I took a seaplane in to Isle Royale and hiked from Rock Harbor and hiked to Windigo Point on the other end of the island, him doing so with a fractured foot.
Struggled some on the photography side with some technical issues and the limitations of the Olympus XA and (in-advisably) low speed film I was using, but still got some cool shots of the island.
Not pictured are a passing sighting of a grey wolf, a red fox in camp, a nighttime encounter with some moose, and two nights spent shivering, expecting our flight off the island to be cancelled due to the gales of November coming early.
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u/bracekyle 19h ago
Heyyy, plane buddy! We escaped together! Awesome pics btw
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u/jcarp136 18h ago
Hey, thanks again for your patience while I ran to get all my shit haha.
I actually blew through most of a roll on that flight because I was so excited we weren’t gonna be stuck for the weekend and your group is in quite a few of the shots. I’ll touch up a couple of the good ones I haven’t posted and dm them to you!
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u/Zachariah_C 16h ago
Hey! Awesome photos! I ran into you guys on the trail a few times. Glad you made it ok. That storm was something, but the timing worked out! I got the pleasure of some extra days back in Rock Harbor waiting for the Queen and making friends.
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u/jcarp136 8h ago
Oh no way! We were wondering when we didn’t see you around Windigo for the following days. Did you take the Voyageur back to rock harbor?
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u/FirstRunBuzzz 21h ago
Nice shots, it is fun to see someone take a film camera across the island.