Importing Entries from ExpressionEngine
As per Brandon's request in the comments to the original question here are the steps I used to import. Below is copied from a blog post I wrote with screenshots.

NOt sure why but my code bits are not displaying even though I've used the code button in the wysiwyg here. To see the full code bits go to my blog.

First use a different plugin https://github.com/boboldehampsink/import


copy all files from original site
in the Craft CP click the gear icon on the top right, then Assets, New source and fill in the fields. both the path and url can be set to relative paths, but be sure to not use a leading slash. 
After saving click the gear icon again and go to the lower left and update asset indexes. 
The next step is to install the Import plugin by putting the files in /craft/plugins then in the CP click gear and plugins and finally install.
This plugin only imports content in CSV format. This requires a new template in ExpressionEngine which will need to be set wiht php turned on in order to force the browser to download the file directly.


The next bit of code contains all our fields and how we want them named. This is important to easily map the fields using the import plugin. Line 20 has entry_date with extra spaces this is due to my blog rendering it and not displaying the code correctly - remove extra spaces for it to work. When migrating images, be sure to only include the image name. My images currently reside in a Matrix field {photos} and a file cell. In order to get just the file name it is necessary to use the file tag pair like this {image}{file_name}{/image} where the outer tag pair is the file field/cell name.




   Title
    Url Title
    Entry Date
    Description
    Image

{exp:channel:entries channel='photoblog' limit='500' disable="categories|member_data|pagination|comments" status="not foo"}
    
            Migrating Content from ExpressionEngine to Craft
            {url_title}
            { entry_date }
            {description}
            {photos}{image}{file_name}{/image}{/photos}
    
{/exp:channel:entries}

After downloading the file open it in Excel, you may see a warning that the file format doesn't match the extension, open it anyhow. Now do a save as and choose CSV (comma delimited). My research indicated that this extra step is necessary as using the template to save as CSV with content that contains quotes may not work correctly.
Now to import, click Import in the Nav. Fill in the fields as required and upload your CSV file.
Go to the next page where we map the fields to Craft fields.