Devils Island and La Pointe on Madeline Island

After breakfast this morning, I decided to take a run up to Devils Island to see the sea caves and to check out the construction on the small boat harbor. The boat harbor is on the south end of Devils while the larger sea caves are on the north end. There are some smaller sea caves along the northwest side of the island. Since Devils Island was 15 miles from where I was anchored in Quarry Bay, and then it was 20 miles from Devils to La Pointe on Madeline Island, and I wanted to get into the marina by 1pm, I ran on plane all the way up, and then all the way back until five miles away from La Pointe. At which point I came back down to about 6mph, and made and ate lunch. Once up at Devils Island, I ran very slowly around the island to check out the construction and sea caves. Also watched Apostle Islands Kayaking large boat offload kayaks and kayakers. The kayakers then kayak around the sea caves. Devils Island, like Outer Island, is pretty much open to Lake Superior. There was a good breeze out of the northeast today, so once I got north of most the other islands, the water was choppy. The west side of Devils Island was pretty calm with the island blocking the wind. As I rounded the north end, it got choppy again. I don’t know if the kayaks continued around to see the larger sea caves or not, but I imagine they did. I believe they have sea kayaks, and the waves were still less than a foot. Between Bayfield and La Pointe, I watched the ferry boats go back and forth. I think they run just about every half hour. Also saw an interesting sail boat. The 33’ Starling out of Bayfield. You can google it for more information. Pulled into the Madeline Island Yacht Club marina at 12:30, just as the last of the small Catalina group of sailboats were leaving. This was their last day in the Apostle Islands, and they were here in the marina last night. Spent the afternoon walking around town, buying some fudge (one chunk of dark chocolate with cayenne. Has a little spice to it, lol), window shopping, getting ice cream at Grampa Tony’s (best ice cream on the Island), and visiting Tom’s Burnt Down Café. Tom’s is to Madeline Island, as Wall Drug is to South Dakota. Also stopped to look inside St. John’s United Church of Christ. (I enjoy seeing various churches, and their stained glass windows. And also say a few prayers.) Back at the boat to make supper, and then walked around the marina to the La Pointe Indian Cemetery.Read more