tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69221964392697154912024-03-04T21:56:24.209-08:00Isle Royale Summer Research!Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-482416491272399492012-09-17T17:21:00.001-07:002012-09-17T17:21:07.391-07:00Day 17: August 18, 2012After saying goodbye and thank you to everyone that helped us with the project, Angela, Rachel, Jennifer, and I got back on the Ranger III for our five hour trip back to the upper peninsula. Once we were back, we stopped at Treats for ice cream (which was delicious, of course) and drove 10 hours back to Lansing! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice day for a boat ride! ^_^</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We all ordered a turkey club on the Ranger III! They're the most delicious sandwiches of all time. Seriously. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are the Turkey Club Club! Huzzah! :D</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could barely stop eating long enough to take this picture. Deeeelicious!</td></tr>
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Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-61516939434113280672012-09-17T17:21:00.000-07:002015-04-11T19:12:04.796-07:00Day 16: August 17, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last hike!! It was worse going back to Mott than it was getting to Lane Cove, because the hill up from Lane Cove is incredibly steep. Angela and I both got stung by a yellow jacket- Angela on the lip, and me on the thumb.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was cold before we started!! Helly Hansen kept us warm, though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the little waves way out in the water of Lake Superior!!</td></tr>
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We made it back to 3 Mile, and collapsed on the dock. Then, we got a ride back from the ever gracious NPS! We seriously can't thank them enough. They were very helpful in getting us from place to place, and in giving us tips, hints, and information while we were conducting our research. Once again, thank you to everyone who contributed to Angela's project- we couldn't have done it without you!! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phew- it's good to be back!!</td></tr>
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Once we were back to Mott Island, we packed up our things in a cart for the boat, and went to bed! Have to be up early tomorrow to leave on the boat! We were worried that the Ranger III wouldn't be able to make the trip, with the waters being rough. It did get there though, it was just delayed by a few hours. So our departure tomorrow is still on schedule! Can't wait to be back, but at the same time I'm going to miss it up here. Guess that I'll just have to come back. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So beautiful. :)</td></tr>
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Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-1838871962879284802012-09-17T17:20:00.006-07:002015-04-11T19:26:28.435-07:00Day 15: August 16, 2012It rained so much last night! The rain ended up being really loud on the tarp, but we stayed nice and dry in our tent, and so did Angela and Jennifer in theirs. And our rock refrigerator was still standing strong!! There were gale warnings in the forecast for today, which we weren't looking forward to because of our inflatable boat. But it was the last lake, so we figured that we could accomplish anything we set our minds to, since we had accomplished so much already!!<br />
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We did about an hour of backwoods hiking to reach our destination today- Ahmik lake! It was a really nice lake to end on- not too big. <br />
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Also, finally on the last lake, I identified <i>Utricularia intermedia</i> correctly!! If only I'd gotten it right before the last lake. Ah well, better late than never! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another butterfly friend, just like at the first lake of this trip!</td></tr>
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We hiked back, made dinner, and processed our samples from the lake!! It's so surreal that we have no more lakes to sample... I don't think it's really sunk in yet. It was still really windy when we went to sleep- there were whitecaps out on the lake! Our last hike is tomorrow, and the next day we'll be leaving on the Ranger III! Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-17474208711562401982012-09-17T17:20:00.004-07:002015-04-11T19:25:06.738-07:00Day 14: August 15, 2012When Rachel and I woke up this morning, our tent was wet on the inside!! It hadn't rained at all, so we figured that it was just condensation that had somehow collected overnight. We had to evacuate rather quickly though, because once we started moving around, our movements rustled the tent, making it rain all over us! Again though, my backpack stayed dry as a bone, because before going to bed I tucked it inside of my Helly Hansen raincoat! :D<br />
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After around half an hour of backwoods hiking, we arrived at Lake Patterson.<br />
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Angela also fashioned a rock-refrigerator in the shallow area of the cove, in which she kept our bottles cold! The bag that they were in was weighted down by a rock, and that bag and rock were covered in other rocks. They're really kept cold in there too, since the water is icy cold!<br />
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Hopefully everything's still in one piece in the morning! Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-19399879573675776592012-09-17T17:20:00.003-07:002015-04-11T19:26:44.485-07:00Days 12 and 13: August 13-14, 2012The 13th was our third sanitation day on this leg of the trip!! Basically the day consisted of sanitation, lots of relaxing and attempts at finishing laundry, and some more s'mores. We got some much needed rest that we knew would come in handy the next day when we hiked to Lane Cove!<br />
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On the 14th, we packed up early (again, with minimal personal gear) and
got a ride from NPS staff to the dock at 3 Mile. Then we hiked the 5
miles to Lane Cove! It was a fairly tough trail because of some of the
sharp inclines and declines along the way. There were lots of fantastic
views though that made the trip much more bearable! :) Once we reached
Lane Cove, we set up our tents, had lunch, and prepped for sampling
again tomorrow!<br />
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Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-7037062660603813272012-09-17T17:20:00.002-07:002015-04-11T19:29:58.901-07:00Day 11: August 12, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After breakfast today, we hiked straight to Lake Ojibway with all of our sanitized gear! We had to do a tiny bit of backwoods hiking, but not much- the hike wasn't bad at all compared to the other ones we've done. The lake looked really interesting at first glance, because the surface of a lot of the water was completely covered in a plant that I later found out was called <i>Brasenia schreberii</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was pretty much everywhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brasenia has a male flower...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and a female flower!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And it has its own natural "slime" type of stuff on the bottoms of its leaves. The tops are waxy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7wks3RuUMkWS1EvAYQkIxH9gkH894kCd_q-bquH29Hwp3l3OmgnSLk_lTgkN3YnjEkMQvThIdXaKQIx1_eCj9S9n1lx4ac3r1eIQQa50zFmqLi3YCusZOsiRs3FtKB42NkYXVjFvizs/s1600/Ojibway+Slimy+leaves.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7wks3RuUMkWS1EvAYQkIxH9gkH894kCd_q-bquH29Hwp3l3OmgnSLk_lTgkN3YnjEkMQvThIdXaKQIx1_eCj9S9n1lx4ac3r1eIQQa50zFmqLi3YCusZOsiRs3FtKB42NkYXVjFvizs/s320/Ojibway+Slimy+leaves.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Could be that the slime has spa-like properties? :P</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a pitcher plant!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But it was definitely mostly <i>Brasenia</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first sampling station, before we started swimming through the <i>Brasenia</i>!</td></tr>
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At first, I thought that it would be really fun compared to our other lakes- the leaves and flowers were so pretty, and walking through them felt really cool! However, as soon as we started needing to swim and gather samples, it wasn't so fun anymore. :P Our feet got tangled up in the floating vines, and it became hard to make any kind of progress in moving through the lake. But we figured it out eventually! It was also a pretty cold, dark lake since the leaves of the <i>Brasenia</i> covered the water, making it almost impossible for light to get through to the bottom. And to get sediment porewater samples, we had to first get our core sampler past the thick mat of stems on the bottom of the lake. It was certainly a challenge!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All ready to go!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swimming through stems, stems, stems, and more stems! My face says a lot about how easy it was.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water Column Sampling!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me with a species of <i>Potamogeton</i>!! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sediment water sampling was tough!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">You can't really see the babies, but there's their momma!</td></tr>
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We saw a moose with two babies on the other side of a small cove in the lake!! They were closer than the ones that we saw before in Moskey basin. So we've seen 5 moose in total now! Wow. :)<br />
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At one point in the lake, I looked down and saw leeches swarming around me like sharks around a shark tank. o_O Angela asked if I wanted the camera, but I said no. Didn't really feel like immortalizing that moment on film, hahaha. I'm a lot less frightened of lots of things after spending time on the island though! I'm not really too scared of spiders or yellow jackets anymore, and the fear of leeches is wearing off too! Look at how brave the island makes you. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leeeeeeeeeeech</td></tr>
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We also decided while swimming out of the lake that the four of us are superheroes. Angela is the Fearless Leader, Jennifer is Super Sass, I'm The Facemaker, and Rachel is... Batman. Seriously though. :P<br />
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Hiked back from Ojibway to Daisy, and we immediately loaded up the canoes and rowed back to Mott Island for processing! Even though we were tired, we knew that it would be worth it to get there as soon as we could, while the weather was relatively nice. After getting there safely, we filtered all of our water samples and treated ourselves to some s'mores! Delicious!! :D<br />
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Before going to bed, I found a leech on my sleeping bag! Not exactly
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Hope that there are no more... o_OKimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-16577837095295539642012-09-17T17:20:00.001-07:002012-09-17T17:20:27.043-07:00Day 10: August 11, 2012Hiked back from McArgo today!! It was a longer harder hike than the hike there, because we carried the boat back, as well as plant and water samples. After stopping for lunch, we basically continued without stopping! We made good time back, and sanitized before eating dinner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela had the heaviest bag by far. We still don't know how she carried that thing- we could barely lift it! </td></tr>
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Basically that was all that the day consisted of! Lots of hiking, and we're all exhausted. Gotta rest up before sampling Lake Ojibway tomorrow! Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-51811073137574240692012-09-17T17:20:00.000-07:002012-09-17T17:20:20.130-07:00Day 9: August 10, 2012Today, when we went backwoods hiking to get to the lake, we had to climb down some rocks. I grabbed onto a rock to steady myself, but it wasn't actually a rock, it was more of a cover for a yellow jacket nest. <br />
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My bug baffler baffled quite a few of them, but I got stung 11 times. Mainly on my right hand, where I reached right into the nest. Yowch! It sure made sampling the lake today interesting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a nice day. :)</td></tr>
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On the way back to McArgo after sampling, we had to do some minor climbing- and we looked awesome while doing it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made it! These are our triumphant poses. :P</td></tr>
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We stopped to check out the Minong Mines!! They were really interesting- we got some cool pictures, and had fun exploring for a bit. ^_^ <br />
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Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-16199026340867043172012-09-17T00:57:00.005-07:002012-09-17T00:57:15.593-07:00Day 8: August 9, 2012Getting up early this morning for our hike turned into... well...<br />
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...not getting up early.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How could we- we were so comfortable!!</td></tr>
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When we originally woke up, it was pouring with rain outside of the shelter!! We were so thankful to have a roof over our heads, and we all drifted back to sleep, unwilling to get out of our warm sleeping bags. <br />
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When we got up, it had mostly stopped raining but was still sprinkling, and everything outside was soaking wet and cold. Another day when I couldn't have been more thankful for my Helly Hansen gear! Ate breakfast and got ready for the day, all while staying dry and warm, which gave me courage for the hike ahead, hahaha! (But seriously, I was in a much better mood knowing that the entire day wouldn't be damp and rainy- or at least that <i>I</i> wouldn't be! :D)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're stayin' dry today!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Steri-Pen'd some water before we left too, of course!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to go!!</td></tr>
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We stored some of our sanitation gear at Daisy Farm because we didn't have to sanitize until we came back. We also had the good fortune of some NPS staff being able to bring a bit of our gear up to the cove for us in a boat! Thank you all SO much!! I doubt we would've made the hike carrying that heavy turkey fryer and propane, and it was so much better without the boat!! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer found a little friend along the trail!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks Helly Hansen, for the phenomenal raincoats!!!</td></tr>
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We went up to the scenic overlook again when we passed it and looked at Canada! It's such a beautiful spot, with one of the best views around. We ate lunch there, and watched an ant carry a crumb that was almost twice his size (we can sympathize you see, with the weight of our backpacks ;P)<br />
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Got to McArgo Cove around 5 pm, and after eating dinner it's pretty much off to bed. Sampling starts up again tomorrow!!<br />
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Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-80635108018949530712012-09-17T00:57:00.003-07:002012-09-17T00:57:11.760-07:00Day 7: August 8, 2012Woke up and packed up our things- we packed as lightly as we possibly could, because from Daisy Farm we'll be making the trek out to McArgo Cove for sampling! That's a tough hike when you're carrying loads of sampling gear, so we basically left everything that wasn't essential out of our bags. Angela has switched from carrying our boat in our mystery-donor bag to carrying it in her Eagle Creek backpack, which seems to be working a lot better!! There's a compression strap on the inside, which keeps the boat close to her back, making it a lot more comfortable and easy to carry. We seriously love our Eagle Creek backpacks. I can't rave about them enough!!<br />
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Got to Daisy Farm fairly early and got a shelter for overnight! Then, we got to spend some time decompressing and getting ready for the hike tomorrow. We laid out on the beach, and I fell asleep in the sun because it was so comfortable. :)<br />
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In the evening, we attended Candy Peterson's talk about the wolf-moose project on Isle Royale! We went to this talk the last time that we were on the island too, and it was just as interesting the second time around! Remember everyone: We aren't number one, we are one. :) There were some loon experts there, so we got to learn more about the loons and their lives in the inland lakes of the island! <br />
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Getting up early tomorrow for the 8 mile hike to McArgo!! Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-15392817246456601402012-09-17T00:57:00.002-07:002012-09-17T00:57:08.229-07:00Day 6: August 7, 2012<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Today, we made our way back to Mott Island for our first processing day!! One of the NPS staff members brought some gear back for us to make our load a bit lighter. Thank you so much, Mark!! :) On our canoe trip back, we saw four river otters swimming in the Rock Harbor channel. They were so cute! Reminded me of my younger sister because otters are her favorite animal. <br />
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Before leaving on the canoe trip, we saw two moose as well! Rachel spotted them while we were eating breakfast, on a far bank. It was a mother moose and one of her young! They're the first moose we've spotted while at the island, and in fact the first moose I've ever seen! :D<br />
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Toward the end of our canoe journey, we had to quickly paddle to the side of the channel, because the Ranger III passed through! They slowed down quite a bit, but even so they left behind a gigantic wake! Rachel and Jennifer's boat almost tipped over in the shallow water, but they saved it at the last minute! <br />
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Once we were back at Mott, we sanitized our gear using the same procedure that we used on the last trip- we put all of the waterproof gear into 140<span class="st">°F water and leave it in the sun to dry completely. Anything else was cleaned off with bleach and water. We were all pretty sore from doing so much hiking in the past three days, so we relaxed and helped Angela pack plant samples into their silica gel baggies. We also got to call family members and take showers! Always a good thing. Finally got back to the tents at around 2 am (there were a lot of plant samples to take care of!!) Leaving tomorrow for Daisy Farm!!</span><br />
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Woke up at 7:00 am so that we could get to Lake Chickenbone early! Jennifer and Rachel are morning people, so they're doing just fine waking up early to work. Angela and I are a different story, haha! We're working on it though! :)<br />
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We were hiking by 7:40, and we traveled 6.5 miles to get to Chickenbone!! Had to pass through a huge patch of thimbleberries to get to it (which, if I haven't mentioned, are like little droplets of heaven. Seriously, they're soooooooooo delicious).<br />
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Started sampling early- the lake was really really cold! Couldn't believe how chilly it was for August. We finished early though, and hiked back! 13 miles of hiking with gear in one day was pretty exhausting, but we did it!! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Close ups of a <i>Nuphar variegata</i> flower!</td></tr>
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<br />Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-11195102669979366462012-09-17T00:57:00.000-07:002012-09-17T18:19:58.397-07:00Day 4: August 5, 2012Got up early to sample Lake Livermore!! Had breakfast and then hiked 6 miles to get there. Then we stopped for lunch, and had our first day of August sampling! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel and Jennifer, ready to get in their boat for Day 1!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer and Rachel had a butterfly friend with them on their first day!!</td></tr>
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We were all exhausted by the end of today- the first day always seems to take the longest, because we're getting back into the groove.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feels good to be back! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bed of <i>Nuphar variegata</i>!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got to do one set of my titrations on a rock-lab, which was awesome.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found some <i>Eriocaulon aquaticum</i>!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A <i>Sagittaria</i> flower!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela looks so distinguished with her plant moustache!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sediment porewater was harder to get this time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a good view of our transect line going out!</td></tr>
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On the hike back, we saw a fox on the trail!! He just hung out there for a while, eating a squirrel. We kept our distance, and watched him until he ran away from the path. He was such a cutie- we got a great video!<br />
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We also passed some hikers who were on their way to Richie and were out of water. We gave them the rest of ours, since we were so close to camp. Always make sure you bring plenty of water when hiking!! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm getting thirsty just <i>thinking</i> about hiking.</td></tr>
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We filtered our samples and took care of the plant samples, and got ready to sample the biggest lake of our second trip tomorrow- Lake Chickenbone! Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-60966821165343014612012-09-17T00:56:00.001-07:002012-09-17T00:56:56.179-07:00Day 3: August 14, 2012Woke up at 6 am to the delightful sound of rain. I scooted some of my things away from the sides of the tent and dozed off again, but pretty soon it became obvious that raindrops were hitting my metal mess kit somehow. So I sat up to deal with that... and realized it was raining in the tent.<br />
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Apparently our rain fly was not waterproof.<br />
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Angela put a tarp over us, so it mostly stopped raining inside, which was lovely! My sleeping bag was pretty wet on the outside, but I hadn't even noticed the rain until I got out of it- it was still warm and dry on the inside! I'm also thankful that I draped my Helly Hansen coat over my things last night, just as a precaution in case condensation collected on the walls of the tent.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Score: Helly Hansen-1, Rain-0</td></tr>
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Angela had to totally move her tent, because water was pooling underneath it. Once it had stopped raining, we ate breakfast. I sat at the table in my rain pants and stayed nice and dry! I can already tell that this trip will be more comfortable with those.<br />
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We moved our things to a shelter that had opened up, and hiked to Livermore! It was a really long hike. I started out going first with my rain pants on, to knock dew off of the plants! That kept the non-rain pants of the others totally dry! :D<br />
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Stopped at the Richie portage for lunch. We ended up getting to the lake at 3:30ish, too late to start sampling really. We left our gear there and had a better hike back- much less to carry! We don't have to sanitize between our next two lakes, Chickenbone and Livermore, like we thought we would have to, because we confirmed with the Park Service that there's a wetland that runs between them! <br />
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We got back to Moskey and put our feet in the cold water of the channel
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Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-76946016343763174372012-09-17T00:56:00.000-07:002012-09-17T00:56:50.560-07:00Days 1 and 2: August 2nd and 3rd, 2012We're off again! <br />
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Left around 1 pm with our new volunteers Rachel and Jennifer! We were all really exhausted for the whole trip up, for some reason. We had to get coffee at a drive through.<br />
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Finally made it to Houghton at 12 am. None of us had thought about how we'd unload the car in the dark, so nobody had a flashlight or headlamp. But we had our mini Coghlan's lanterns attached to the zippers on our backpacks!! We only used two, but they lit up the back of the truck so that we could find all of our stuff before checking into the hotel! They're incredibly useful. <br />
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We woke up early, ate breakfast, and got on the Ranger III at 9 am! I took normal Dramamine instead of non-drowsy, annnnnd... I slept for four hours. o_O<br />
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Once we got to Mott island, we unloaded our gear, loaded the canoe, and canoed to Moskey Basin!! It wasn't raining this time, which was nice. When we got there, there were no shelters. So we set up our tents. I was really cold, so I put on my rain pants and rain coat- I was so warm!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So warm. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This entire camping set could be yours if the Price is Right!! But not really. It's ours.</td></tr>
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We had spaghetti for dinner, and played Q and A with our new volunteers, to get to know them a bit better! We reloaded on water and taught them how to use the Steri-Pen before going to bed!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moon looked soooooo awesome.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks again, Steri Pen, for giving us the gift of clean water!!</td></tr>
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Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-54675316695161512272012-08-01T02:46:00.007-07:002012-08-01T02:48:38.105-07:00July Wrap UpWell, July's trip has come to a close!! Approximate exercise totals: 60 miles of hiking, 30 miles of canoeing, 10 miles of swimming. WOW. <br />
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It was tons of fun, and we owe so much thanks to the people from the National Park Service, everyone at Mott Island and Isle Royale, and our generous sponsors. Even though we had lots of fun, it's really good to be back!!<br />
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Can't believe we're leaving again in two days!! The first trip and the break between them went by so fast! I can't wait to get to know our new volunteers, Jennifer and Rachel, and to have all kinds of new fun up north. Sarah and Charlotte- we'll miss you!! Thank you both so much for all of your hard work! <br />
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Here are Sarah and Charlotte's drawings that summarize our trip to the island in July. I'll be back later in August to share all of our new stories!! :)<br />
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<br />Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-17800212074348670252012-08-01T02:46:00.005-07:002012-08-01T02:46:39.467-07:00Phosphorus Analyses (July 30, 2012)Today, we analyzed our unfiltered water samples for total phosphorus! This process took longer to prepare, because the samples have to be autoclaved first. We did that on the 28th and refrigerated the samples until today, when we continued by adding reagents and letting them sit for a bit. Then, we checked their absorbance with the spectrometer at 885.0 nm. <br />
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Here are some pictures of me working in the lab before using the spectrometer! So much fun. I love working in the lab. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... and mixing the samples with a vortex mixer!</td></tr>
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Basically, you add some reagents to each sample, let them sit for between one and twenty hours, and read their absorbance on a spectrometer at 630.0 nm. It went well! Glad that the spectrometer in our lab got fixed up- it's a great one!Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-6552882702457834402012-08-01T02:46:00.002-07:002012-08-01T02:46:09.515-07:00Day 21: July 25, 2012Last day on the island!! We woke up bright and early, but it wasn't very bright... It was super rainy out. We could hear it on our tents as soon as our alarms went off. My Helly Hansen coat was right at the top of my pack!! Put it on and warmed right up, and started getting ready for the day. We had to wrap up wet tents, which isn't too fun, but we stayed nice and dry!<br />
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Got on the boat at 8 am, and then the boat left for Rock Harbor to pick up more people at 9 am. Then we went back out of Rock Harbor and headed for the mainland! The waves were really crazy on the way back. Sarah, Angela, and I all fell asleep. I think I avoided a majority of the seasickness because of my crazy nap.<br />
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Toward the end of the 6 hour boat ride, we got to hear a concert on the upper deck! Two of the NPS people working on the boat played music for us- guitar and fiddle! We heard the song "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" and lots of fiddle tunes as well!! <br />
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Finally got off of the rolling waves, and back to Houghton! We started driving pretty much right away- after buying a cooler and ice to keep our samples cold until we got back to Lansing! <br />
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Drove to an ice cream shop and had a sweet treat- I got amaretto mackinaw fudge ice cream, and it was SO delicious. I don't know if I've ever had ice cream that delicious.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another beautiful sunset up north!</td></tr>
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After eating dinner at a fast food restaurant (which shocked all of our stomachs, after we'd been eating non-greasy food for so long), we kept driving until we got back to East Lansing! There were some crazy storms following us almost the entire time, so we got to see some very cool lightning! Got back around 2 am. Can't believe we're back! But there's still lots of work to do yet!<br />
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I can also say this without jinxing us now: We finished sampling without any injuries! We had our travel sized first aid kit from Coghlan's with us though, just in case. I'm glad that we all kept safe!!<br />
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None of us got sick from the water either! I'm so glad that we were using the SteriPen!<br />
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Have to be up bright and early tomorrow for the boat! Hopefully we're not forgetting anything.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also got attacked by the tent</td></tr>
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<br />Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-51568881382994311692012-08-01T02:46:00.000-07:002012-08-01T02:46:02.203-07:00Day 19: July 23, 2012Today was our tourist-y fun day, since we'd finished sampling! We canoed from Moskey Basin and stopped at the wolf moose museum across from Daisy Farms!! It's also Rolf and Candy Peterson's house. Candy came out as we were pulling in and helped us get our canoes situated, and Rolf gave us a tour of the place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was one of the best canoeing days that we had!!</td></tr>
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There were so many moose bones there- I believe Rolf said that they had over 2,000 in their collection. He talked to us about the health problems that moose suffer from, particularly in their old age that make them easy targets for wolves. There were two complete spines there, which was really interesting to see.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Mooseum of Pathology" :) Moose get some of the same diseases that we get in our old age, namely arthritis, osteoporosis, and periodontitis. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are a bunch of skulls without horns attached. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a long row of moose jaw bones! There were a few of these that clearly showed health problems, including one that showed signs of really bad cancer. That would've caused the moose a lot of pain, making it a target for attacks by wolves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left, there's the pelvis of a healthy moose, and on the right (in two pieces!) there's a pelvis of a moose afflicted by arthritis. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is their huge collection of skulls with antlers!! The two right in the front died in a fight with each other and were found hooked together! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This skull probably belonged to a moose that was born female but that had too much testosterone for some reason. She ("it") would have been unable to reproduce, and developed these velvety, lumpy antlers.</td></tr>
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We got to see their set of skulls with antlers attached- there are so many of them!! There were several abnormal ones too, like ones with asymmetrical antlers, ones with antlers three times as big and thick as is normal, and one with these crazy, lumpy, velvety antlers. Very interesting!! The symmetry and size of moose antlers is the greatest when moose are between 5 and 10 years old. Most of the skulls were in that age range I believe, but there was also a section for younger and older moose. Then we went inside and signed the guest book, and stayed to chat for a bit. Rolf showed us some videos that had been caught the previous morning on a camera placed at Lake Ojibway- we saw a moose, a wolf, a beaver, a family of ducks, a rabbit, and what he thinks was a muskrat! Not all at once of course, in separate clips. We told them about the wolves that we heard last night too- apparently they hadn't heard them, but they were very interested to hear about it!!<br />
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Then, we paddled next door to the Edisen Fishery, which was basically completely deserted, but still interesting. From there, we hiked to the Rock Harbor Lighthouse and ate lunch! We walked around in the rocks that were out front of it, and Charlotte found several pieces of Greenstone! We left them behind of course (Take only pictures, leave only footprints :) ), but we got pictures of them. Then, we explored the lighthouse a bit, which was very interesting. There was basically a museum inside of it, and we got to climb to the top of it too! The spiral staircase felt like it went on forever, even though the lighthouse was only 50 feet tall. Once we got up to the top, I was afraid that I would fall through the hole in the floor. :P<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the old Edisen Fishery! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlotte was a brave explorer- she climbed and claimed a rock tower!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mine was slightly smaller, but still admirable in my opinion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenstone!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think that this is our only group photo from the entire trip!! Look at us- the four adventurers!! :D</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rock Harbor Lighthouse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela, Charlotte, and Sarah at the top of the lighthouse!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a beautiful view. </td></tr>
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We hiked back to our canoes and went on to Mott, getting back around 4 pm. Charlotte and Sarah sanitized all of our gear, and then we went for a voluntary hike! <br />
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We hiked the Mott Trail before dinner- it had some cool views, and it felt nice to hike slowly for once. Normally, we're hiking with a purpose, but ambling along a trail is fun in its own way. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To a hungry camper, this may look similar to a hamburger bun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But don't be fooled!! You'll have to wait until you're on the mainland for a burger!! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela adventured over a partially submerged rock bridge in a small cove we explored! </td></tr>
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After our extra hike, we were feeling really hot. So we jumped off of the dock into Lake Superior!! It was so refreshing. We got some cool pictures of us jumping in, too! Angela even took an action video with the waterproof camera.<br />
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Went to bed late, but it was a really nice day, and my sleeping bag was so comfortable. I discovered the glow in the dark zipper- it made me smile, and it's really useful when you're having a hard time zipping up your bag in the dark! We need to get some pictures in our Lafuma bags next time- this time we were so busy being satisfied and falling asleep quickly in them that we didn't have time to think about pictures. :) Tomorrow we'll start packing up, and get all ready to leave on the Ranger III on the 25th!Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-17834396674056035092012-08-01T02:45:00.009-07:002012-08-01T02:45:58.497-07:00Day 18: July 22, 2012Packed up our stuff today, and canoed back out to Moskey Basin! We have to re-sample LeSage and Richie before we go back, because back when we sampled them originally we weren't sure whether the samples needed to be filtered or not (and of course, because it was our first sampling experience, we hadn't brought the lab notebook to check). So we didn't filter anything, and as it turned out we need filtered samples for nitrogen testing. We figured that it would be relatively quick though, because we didn't have to do any of the other things that we normally do- no transects, no secchi disk or inflow/outflow data, we just had to get fresh water column and sediment porewater samples to be filtered! <br />
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After the 2 hour canoe trip, we ate lunch and left to sample! We hiked to LeSage and inflated the boat. We used a slightly different format this time to save time- I went out on the inflatable boat with Charlotte, and Sarah went back with Angela to Lake Richie to get some sediment samples with our other sediment corer! I was a little nervous to be inflatable boat, but I figured I'd been canoeing for over two weeks now- how difficult could it be?<br />
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Well, it was incredibly hard. I definitely underestimated the amount of trouble that their sneaky boat can cause. <br />
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You're completely at the mercy of the current, and the boat rarely goes in the direction you want it to. It seemed like when it finally was going the way you wanted, it would suddenly decide, "... I want to turn left." So it would make a sharp turn for no reason, and usually we'd just have it turn in a complete circle and try to move on from there. It was definitely a work out! <br />
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Charlotte and I got our four water column samples and four sediment samples, and got back to our starting point about two hours later. In the meantime, Sarah and Angela hiked back to Lake Richie and took a sediment sample, and then Angela snorkeled around looking for some <i>Utricularia vulgaris</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And while snorkeling, she made some leech-ey friends!</td></tr>
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They came back to LeSage when we were finished and helped us to carry our sampling equipment to Richie- Angela portaged the boat single handedly!! Way to go, fearless leader! :D<br />
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At Lake Richie, Sarah and I went out in the boat to re-do our water column samples, and to get two more sediment samples from the further corners of the lake that Angela couldn't get to without a lot of swimming. Richie is really big though, so we spent a lot of time paddling. Loons were chasing us too! They kept on diving up from under the water and ending up really close to the boat. And, of course, they made noises at us that we're sure meant, "GET AWAY FROM MEEEE!"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LEEEEEEEAVE!!</td></tr>
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To get water column samples, we used the huge integrated tube sampler. It's a task that requires two people- the one in the front of the boat rinses out a collapsible jug and a funnel with lake water while the one in the back of the boat puts the sampler as straight down into the water as possible, to a depth of one meter. They close off the top of it, sealing the water into the tube, and then they drain it into the collapsible jug, held by the other volunteer. After mixing, sample bottles are filled from the water in the collapsible jug. <br />
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We finished re-sampling around 8 pm for the July Trip!! WoOoOoOoOoOOOOO!!! (<--basically the noise that the loons made) We got back to our shelter before it was even dark out! So proud of us. It was a very full day, though.<br />
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Filtered our samples for the day, and filtered more water with the SteriPen bottle filter. It got out the small bits of debris floating in the water- overall it does a pretty darn good job! And then we got rid of the germs and viruses as well! We've used the SteriPen pretty much every day up here, which is really exciting. It still hasn't run out of battery, and it's lightweight and conveniently sized so that it's really easy to transport! As we were about to get ready for bed, we heard wolves howling outside!! They sounded pretty far away, but there were a lot of them. I would guess that there were at least four of them, talking back and forth. How cool is that? :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, we had to SteriPen some water for breakfast in the morning!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Between this sign on the wall and my Lafuma sleeping bag, I certainly will rest easy. :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-44211404042200502812012-08-01T02:45:00.008-07:002012-08-01T02:45:54.513-07:00Day 17: July 21, 2012By the time that Sarah, Charlotte, and I woke up, Angela was already hard at work pressing plants, preserving genetic samples, and checking on old plants. It's a very time consuming process, but she does a great job! I'll have to visit the herbarium once all of her samples make it there, to reminisce. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a bunch of Angela's plants being pressed in one of the offices!</td></tr>
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I sorted out things that we'll be leaving on Mott Island to lighten the load for our next trip, and I repacked my bags for our next trip. I'm so glad that our backpacks are durable, and the compartments are all really useful. For instance, I've been putting my wetsuit into a bag and sticking it in the very bottom compartment, which is separated from the rest of the bag by a divider. That way, my other things don't get soaking wet, and my wetsuit doesn't have to be carried on the outside of my pack! <br />
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Then I joined Sarah and Charlotte as they were finishing up sanitization. Didn't have to sanitize between our two McArgo Cove lakes, because they were connected. They've really got the sanitization procedures down to a science! <br />
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We had taco night for dinner, which was fantastic. Some squirrels got into our tortillas though, and nibbled off bits of both sides of them. We ripped off the nibbled bits, and the tortillas were still good. :)<br />
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We also taped up our new bottles so that they'll be dark, froze our samples, and poured silica gel to get ready for our final round of sampling for this trip. And we got to do laundry, which was great!! Nothing like a fresh pair of pajamas when you're camping. Right before bed, we made s'mores over the campfire by our tents! They were delicious.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nobody puts baby in the corner. Except for Charlotte.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-68993675407521616892012-08-01T02:45:00.007-07:002012-08-01T02:45:49.985-07:00Day 16: July 20, 2012Angela and the volunteers went to get water after breakfast today, and ran into some National Park Service employees on the dock, who offered to carry some of our heavier gear back to Mott Island for us!! That is such an exciting thing, because the hike back was looking to be more difficult than the hike to McArgo Cove! They took our wetsuits and our inflatable boat, which was <b>so </b>appreciated. All of the NPS personnel have been so helpful since day 1 of our trip- Thank you all so much!! We couldn't have done it without you!!<br />
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After packing up everything else, we hiked back to Daisy Farms! We tried to occupy ourselves by telling a story in a line about a wizard named Nantucket. He wore matrix robes and wore a cupcake hat. I will upload a picture of one of the more exciting scenes from our story as soon as I get a hold of it!!<br />
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On the way, Charlotte and I talked about the Scarpa insoles for a while. She was telling me that her hiking boots are sort of old and worn down, but adding the Scarpa insoles to them has helped to make them a lot more comfortable! They give her a lot more support, and her feet end up feeling better at the end of a long day of hiking! <br />
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We made it all the way to the outlook before we ate lunch!! We all collapsed up there in the small patch of shade. When we finished eating though, there was only a little over an hour of hiking to go! Once we were finally at Daisy, we waded in Lake Superior to cool down, and after that brief break, we canoed back to Mott! We're so tough.<br />
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Got our tents all set up, and after dinner cleaned up the inside. We discovered a great use for our cute little lanterns from Coghlan's- they can hang right from the top of the tent, lighting it up so that we don't have to wear headlamps inside of it! They were really bright too. Very useful! We love those little lanterns.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you, Coghlan's, for the adorable tent lights!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a gorgeous sunset off of the dock at Mott. Goodnight, Isle Royale!! :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922196439269715491.post-50062071006678523102012-08-01T02:45:00.006-07:002012-08-01T02:45:38.618-07:00Day 15: July 19, 2012A particularly rowdy squirrel woke us all up early this morning, and I noticed that the sky was a really nice color, so I walked down by the dock quickly. The following pictures are why it's completely worth it to get up at 6 am when you're at Isle Royale. :)<br />
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So beautiful!! :) <br />
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Hiking to today's lake was particularly difficult- lots and lots of backwoods travel. At one point, we were in a swamp-like area that reminded me of every fairy tale swamp I've ever heard of. This was added to by the carnivorous plants that were scattered around!<br />
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Sampling of this lake was pretty quick too, since it was another small one. There were three loons on it as well! There was a young one and two adults. They kept on making stressed noises, like we were upsetting them, but they were following us around the whole time! We tried to keep our distance, but they wouldn't stop following us! Loons are the drama queens of the bird world. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OooOoOOoOoOooooooOOoOoOoOoooO!!! (Translation: GET OUT OF MY SPACE<span id="goog_579918496"></span><span id="goog_579918497"></span>!!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela, you'll have to help me on which plants these are!! I'm tempted to say Potamogeton of some sort, but I readily admit I'm nowhere near positive.</td></tr>
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Hiked back by a shorter route, and I ate TONS of wild blueberries and thimbleberries along the way. they were so delicious. Thimbleberries might be my new favorite thing- they're bigger than raspberries, and tastier too in my opinion. I wish I could plant thimbleberry bushes at my house.<br />
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When we got back, we filtered our samples for the day. Then, we used the SteriPen to purify water from down by the dock, and we relaxed while eating instant mashed potatoes and bacon (Seriously, one of the best camping meals ever).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela had to press some plants down on the dock too! She found a lovely macrophyte moustache in her bag. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basic Step 1: Remove SteriPen from its carrying case</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got pretty cold in the evenings, so I wore my Helly Hansen coat!! It was really comfortable for me, so I wore it a lot, even when it wasn't raining. :)</td></tr>
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The spider was back in the latrine again. We have a new theory, since during the day he was nowhere to be found. We think that during the day, he's a daddy long leg spider. And then, when the moon comes up, he transforms into a hideous were-spider, unable to quench his thirst for blood.<br />
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It was super cold again! Climbing into my sleeping bag was the most wonderful feeling. I totally wrapped up my head and cinched it up all of the way, so that I was all wrapped up like a burrito. Once I was burrito'd, I got all warm. Best feeling ever after a long day. :)Kimberly Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542889287681631135noreply@blogger.com0