Today’s wind speed forecast: 10-20 knots increasing to 15-25 knots in the afternoon. I look at Rock Harbor. Kayak remains parked on the rack.

For the first time in my Isle Royale experience, Mount Franklin becomes a destination rather than a place to stop along the way to somewhere else. I eat lunch, read books, gaze at Belle Isle and beyond. I puzzle over a dead mouse in the middle of the trail.