June 22, Isle Royale to Houghton to Glen Arbor

Nothing too exciting about this day. We were nervous we would oversleep and miss the boat but Victor's watch and phone managed to have enough "juice" to last through the night and wake us up in time for the boat.  In fact, we were the first ones there.  Not very Alvarez-ish!

Before boarding the boat, we asked the rangers about Lillia's eye.  She had been bit by what we believe was a black fly, right on her eyelid.  They assured us it's nothing to worry about and the swelling will eventually go down.  But for now, she looks like she was punched in the face!


We had an uneventful 6 hour boat ride on the Ranger III back to Houghton, MI. When we arrived, the kids played on a ginormous slide while we packed up our rented camping equipment to send back to Outdoors Geek.

We stopped at the Shipping Shop to mail our box back to Colorado and then we hopped in the car with the Homestead Lodge (in Glen Arbor) as our destination. At 1am, we pulled into the hotel and were thrilled to be sleeping in a real bed for the first time since last week!