George Cleveland wrote:
We think we'll be up the night of the 11th. Any general idea where
folks will be?

Aside from Bill's desire to hit the Fox......which makes perfect sense
considering where he's coming from.....and John's to spend some time
back in the canyon at Sturgeon Falls, no one has expressed any strong
preferences. Given the abundance of streams to the south, west and
north of Marquette I think we should try some of those for the first
couple of days and see how things go from there.

The first night, at least, we'll be staying at the Escanaba River State
Forest Campground at Little Lake, just off hwy. 35, about 6 miles
southeast of the airport. Map coordinates B6 on page 101 of DeLorme's
Michigan Atlas.

After that, we move or stay according to consensus, trying to connect
with everyone else as they show up and find good water. Frankly, after
doing a bunch of research in the past month, it looks to me like Little
Lake will do as well as any for a base camp. We can radiate out from
there and a lifetime wouldn't be enough to sample all the water
available. Generally, the area to the west looks a bit more appealing
to me......more hills, less swamp.

Unless someone wants to make rock solid plans in advance, we'll have to
rely on updates by phone. This won't be a problem as long as we stay
near Marquette or the airport, but cell phone reception can get a bit
dicey out in the sticks.

Any thoughts?

Wolfgang