I would be willing and able to make a Spring U.P. overland/Drummond Island adventure. Sounds like a Great idea....
Sounds like a spring trip will be happening. Ill either have a pop-up by then, or a RTT. Still on the fence which way Im gonna go.
Anyone that interested in a spring trip... feel free to fire up a thread in the planned trips forum!
Can't believe I've scanned past this Thread until now. Op I'd like to hear your thoughts on your Hammock set up.
It far better than sleeping on the ground. Set-up can be a pain if the ground is hard or rocky. There are 10 tie outs for the tarp and each requires a stake to be pounded in.
The hammocks themselves are a cinch to tie up. I have (per hammock) 2 poly pro slings that go around the tree. From there a whoopie sling made of 1/8" Amsteel thats attached to a ring on the hammock gets clipped to the poly pro via a carabiner. The amsteel whoopie slings are new. Originally I had the tree slings terminate in a dead end that got ran though 2 rings on the hammock end like a cinch buckle.
They are big enough that if hung with enough sag, you can lie diagonally in them and lay darn near flat. Eagles Nest Outfitters DoubleNests. I also have bug nets for each. You also never need to worry about level ground. The truck is parked at a pretty good angle towards the camera. The hammocks always hang level.
Its a bummer to read about your time on the Island there is some great sights out there to see. The maps of the trails (although getting better than when I started going to the Island) can leave you in the middle of misery. Water holes can go from hood covering to dry in a matter of weeks. You can drive a hard pack trail covered in leaves one trip and the next time its a impassable clay slip n slide. The same with the insects, sometimes they are not bother some, but we once walked out at the ledges and then the Black biting flies attacked our legs, it looked like we were wearing black Knee socks with blood leaking out of them.
The ledges, and the Maxton Plains is an easier on the vehicle trip thats worth seeing, you can sit out in the Plains and just watch the Wildlife reappear. They have a great museum on the Island too that has great info of the history of the place. I'm heading up there October 9th for the weekend, I'd be happy to show you around. :smiley_drive:
Yes... It was a shame we boogied off the island so quick. But it was just one of those times where we were both done and wanted to go.
