Hiking the Paavola Wetlands
Last weekend we had the opportunity to introduce one of our Chassell residents who does remote work and is originally from Portugal to a friend of ours who is on the faculty at MTU who is also from Portugal. They were not aware of one another’s presence so it was really cool getting them together over dinner at our friends Mark and Kathy’s place on Saturday evening.
Sunday was a damp and dreary day. We have not had many of those fall on Sunday, but our hiking group still got out for a little over a four mile hike at the Keweenaw Land Trust’s Paavola Wetlands. We dodged raindrops for the first hour of the hike and enjoyed comfortable overcast conditions for the remainder of the adventure.
The trail winds through a former homestead that is now overgrown with trees. One of its features that I find interesting is its rock fences.
The main body of the wetland did not have much water in it since the Fathers Day flood in 2018, but the beavers have been at work and water level has seen quite a recovery this year.
The bird habitat around the wetlands appears to be well maintained as there is an abundance of berries found along trail.
The fall colors are continuing to emerge and they formed a very nice backdrop throughout the course of our hike, particularly with the hard maples’ brilliant red color.
We looped around the marsh and took in the view of the large beaver lodge from the opposite side.
You can check out my GoPro video from the hike on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel at this link:
After the hike we stopped for baked parmesan-crusted whitefish at 4 Suns Fish & Chips behind Peterson’s Fish Market across from the Quincy Mine!
The week started with a planning meeting with Shannon for the networking event from 4 to 7 p.m. on October 12th at the Rozsa. If you are a remote worker and I haven’t talked to you about the event, please attend and drop me a note at dkmeyers77@yahoo.com to RSVP!
Monday was also spent pulling together Strava maps of the boardwalk portion of the historic trail project here in Chassell as follow up information requested by the EGLE for the boardwalk permit application. I also incorporated the input Mat, Luanne, and I pulled together during our meeting last week into the Powerpoint presentation I would be giving on Tuesday to Terri Frew’s art design class related to the historic trail’s signage. On a more mundane note and definitely an indication of the season change, I also fired up the gas heater in the second story of the garage.
Tuesday morning I presented to Terri’s art and design class on the nine signs for the historic trail and the two signs for the canoe/kayak launch. The students will be developing three proposals for each sign and the Chassell Historical Organization board will function as their client. It was fun presenting to them and this will be a cool legacy for them to leave behind in our community!
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