Around the Great Lakes

Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Planning for a trip of this magnitude is making a number of small decisions that add up to launch day, and these decisions are tough. Decisions that I make today will effect my trip four months into it, and if on the trip I change my mind, it becomes exponentially harder to [...]

Pouring over maps and trying the estimate the distances for this trip is like a little game where I have to decide just how good the weather is going to be, how easy a crossing is going to be the day I arrive, and how close I’ll want to stay to shore on any one [...]

I’ve been getting some questions about the maps I’ll be using on the Around the Great Lakes Expedition. For several reasons, including unwieldy chart books, a desire for more detailed shoreline maps, and the cost of government printed topos, I’ve decided to make my own. The maps I’ll be producing for this trip will be [...]