by Melanie McManus | Apr 16, 2026 | By Location, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Ohio, Trail Journals, United States
Today’s plan was for me to drive to Piedmont Lake, where we’ll be camping tonight, drop my car and start hiking backwards. Meanwhile, Ed would break camp and then find me. When I got to Piedmont Lake and got on the trail, I immediately ran into Carol...
by Melanie McManus | Apr 17, 2026 | By Location, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Ohio, Trail Journals, United States
Bruce and I were able to hop on the trail right from our campsite at Piedmont Lake. Ed stayed behind to let our tents dry out; they’d gotten very dewey and wet overnight. I almost turned back immediately. The trail was FILLED with downed trees, and it took...
by Melanie McManus | Apr 18, 2026 | By Location, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Ohio, Trail Journals, United States
Today’s forecast called for storms around 2:30 p.m. So we got up early and got on the trail by 7:30 a.m. in the hopes of finishing before then. The first piece of trail was tackled was nasty. It was filled with downed trees once again, plus scrub that was...
by Melanie McManus | Apr 19, 2026 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Ohio, Trail Journals, United States
We got up early this morning. Ed was going to shuttle us so we could drop our two cars and then hike back to them. He has to go home to Sun Prairie today, and it’s a long drive. After parking our cars at a cell tower lot near Bowerston Section Point 15, Ed...
by Melanie McManus | Apr 20, 2026 | By Location, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Ohio, Trail Journals, United States
Good call to stay in a motel last night instead of camping at the primitive site in Zoar. The temps got below freezing, it rained and our cars were all iced. But today promised to be a good one, if cold, and it was. The three of us shuttled our cars and began hiking...
