by adventuretoward | Jun 21, 2018 | Canoeing/Kayaking, Hiking, Stories, United States
Read This Article On The Star Tribune Warrior Expeditions, originally named Warrior Hike, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping veterans with PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. This group was created by a combat veteran named Sean Gobin, who hiked the...
by adventuretoward | Jun 2, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Another adventure begins! Today I’m starting a thru-hike of the 315-mile Superior Hiking Trail, which runs from just south of Duluth, Minn., up along the North Shore of Lake Superior nearly to Canada. I’ve long heard this is a beautiful, rugged trail and...
by adventuretoward | Jun 2, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Wow, what a crazy first day on the trail (heading north from the southern terminus). The Superior Hiking Trail (SHT) starts in the south in the middle of the woods on the border with Wisconsin. Since the parking area is two miles away, you have to hike in to the...
by adventuretoward | Jun 3, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today’s start was Jay Cooke State Park, and I thought we were going to have a warm day, if gray, and no rain. Instead, it rained until shortly before we started. This meant the trails stayed super water-logged and muddy. Not only that, but on this, Day 2, the...
by adventuretoward | Jun 4, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today’s itinerary called for hiking from Kingsbury Creek to Hartley Nature Center. And, yessss! The sun finally came out on Day 3 of this adventure. Not only did we have sun, but the temps were perfect – low 70s F. (21 C.) for the high – and there was a breeze....