Unusual (?) things

[altivo]

From brunbera and songcoyote:

A CD you own that you don't think anyone else on your friendslist does: This is probably too easy. Picking from the top of a stack, Granada: Jim Riggs plays the Grande Barton Organ.

A book you own that you don't think anyone else on your friendslist does: Also probably too easy. let's go with Willow Song by Richard Amory (soft core gay male fantasy, oddly like furry fiction except the associations are with trees rather than animals.)

A movie you own that you don't think anyone else on your friendslist does: I'm a silent film fan, so let's pick The Return of Grey Wolf (1922) with James Pierce and Helen Lynch, featuring the dog Leader.

A place you've visited that you don't think anyone else on your friendslist has: The top of the Greenstone Ridge, backbone of Isle Royale in the middle of Lake Superior? Edit: OK, dogteam has been there. Guess I was wrong trying to pick the most secluded place. How about the most obscure? On top of a hill locally known as the "Old Maid's Nipple" to watch the sun set behind Torch Lake in Antrim County, Michigan.

A piece of technology or any tool you own that you think no-one else on your friendslist has: A raddle, weaver's tool used to spread and count warp threads while dressing a floor loom.

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Re: Both wrong...

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We flew in and out from Houghton because one of our party insisted he would die of seasickness. But it had the advantage that we could get to Windigo on the day the park opened in the spring, before the ferry was running to that end. We did, fortunately, have good weather except for heavy fog and drizzle on the last day. Took six days to go end to end, which would have been more leisurely except we made side trips. I'd have to look at a map to tell you the whole route, but most of the distance hiking after the first day was on the ridge. We'd climb down at night and go north or south, mostly camping in regular campgrounds, though we spent one night at Hatchet Lake all by ourselves as I recall. Managed to visit both the north and south shores, and never saw anyone except in the larger campgrounds nearer to Rock Harbor.

Gosh, now when was that? I hate to admit how long ago it was... spring of 1981 sounds right. I know about black flies and mosquitoes, but not from Isle Royale. We were so early in the year they weren't out yet. On the other hand, the concern and paranoia over liver flukes did make drinking water a real nuisance. Boil, filter, iodize. When you mix iodized water with powdered milk it turns blue...