by Melanie McManus | Mar 16, 2020 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
The Northern Neck is a done deed! The one nice thing about the PHT being a braided network of trails is that you can cross off these little sections one at a time. The first section I tackled was Virginia’s Northern Neck, and today I crossed it off the list....
by Melanie McManus | Mar 17, 2020 | Maryland, Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals
Today I moved down to Point Lookout, the southernmost point on Maryland’s Potomac Heritage Trail miles. The drive took about 90 minutes. I’d been trying for weeks to find someone to shuttle me between Point Lookout State Park and St. Mary’s City with...
by Melanie McManus | Mar 18, 2020 | Maryland, Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals
I was excited to hike to Leonardtown today and to start the day in St. Mary’s City, which was Maryland’s first state capital. It’s also the site of Historic St. Mary’s, a living history museum. After a quick breakfast of oatmeal with peanut...
by Melanie McManus | Jan 26, 2020 | Hiking, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals, Wisconsin
This weekend, Ed and I were snowshoeing and cross-country skiing at ABR in Ironwood – which is very near Saxon and the eastern end of Wisconsin’s portion of the North Country Trail (NCT). I quickly decided to tack on a short hike. You see, back in November 2017,...
by Melanie McManus | May 22, 2020 | Hiking, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals, Wisconsin
It’s Memorial Day weekend of 2020, when the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the earth. Our state’s stay-at-home order is expiring, so what better time to knock off a few more miles along the North Country Trail? My NCT section-hike goal for 2020 was to finish the NCT...