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This one has been on the ground for awhile.

To go with the other day's fungus pic. Strawberries and cream, Bleeding tooth.   Or officially,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Hydnellum_peckii

Thunder Bay is clear, but if you are near Amygdaloid, better hope you have radar. I have a long story about how I missed the channel going to Amygadloid while using radar and went by on the outside. (pre-GPS) At least I did not hit anything and eventually made it to Amygdaloid.

This fungus on the Triangle trail is out and about and found something to snack on.

I don't usually send a Sunday picture but, because the weather reports say that at least for the next ten days the temperature will not go below freezing. Therefore, a Mott sunrise. 

Not a good day to try to get to the island. Was supposed to take the Queen, got to Copper Harbor, got on the Queen, we left C.H., got about a mile out and it took the next 45 minutes for Donnie to turn the Queen around and get back to C.H.. Headed back to Houghton and took the RIII the next day. Lake was still bumpy.

Boardwalk on the West Chickenbone trail.

The bridge, early one summer morning from the RIII.

On the Triangle Trail board walk amongst the cranberries a passive mosquito hunter sits and waits.

Fungus on a birch.

Early one morning on the canal from the Ranger III.

One of the least visited lakes on the island. Lake George. Only went there twice, never saw a fish or minnow.  Although, one spring on the walk found cranberries on the bush that had wintered over and they were actually sweet

Young Grey Jay doing some research on the moose skulls at Bangsund.

Another view from the Mott radio mast.

First week of July and the two loon chicks are on the water.

Wolf eats moose, poops, then a butterfly gets some of the leftover nutrients.

The tug and barge headed back to Houghton.

On the Mott loop a little after Memorial Day.

Ladyslippers.

From near the ridge, the Middle islands.

Another one from the new Mott radio mast, looking towards the Rock Harbor Lighthouse, it's the little white dot down past the Caribou's.

From May 2010, F. Anderson's and my feet on the new tower. 

Middle of May on the tower trail, the skunk cabbage is sprouting up.

Daisy farm to the tower trail flowers.

We used to say that we lived at Isle Royale, when we in fact were "social distancing" ourselves from the world. And we liked it. (most of the time) Anyway, over there is Thunder Bay Ca. at a distance of about 15 miles.

Another from the Mott loop.