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Backpacking North Manitou Island.

I spent Fathers Day weekend on a wilderness backpacking trip to the Manitou Islands in northern Michigan with a few close friends and my youngest son . One of those friends, Bill, holds Technition License KE8LHT. North and South Manitou Islands are part of an island chain that extends north from Sleeping Bear Dunes to…

Same Old Park, New Gear!

The Deal Last week I was informed of some gear that a family member of a Silent Key had for sale. I called and found out that indeed it would fit nicely in to my QRP only regimen. The SK was a Ham after my own heart it seems. We struck a deal and I…