by Melanie McManus | Jul 10, 2020 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today I resumed my section-hike of the NCT, starting at the U.P.’s Mosquito River trailhead and heading to Beaver Creek. Ed and I drove up today, arriving in the area around 3:30, later than we’d hoped. We’ve got two cars and will be employing the two-car shuttle...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 11, 2020 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today’s destination: Mosquito River. This shuttle system is always a bit disconcerting, since we’re leapfrogging our cars west, but hiking east every day. So yesterday’s starting point is today’s destination. That’s just how it works! So...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 12, 2020 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today’s destination was Valley Spur. Since yesterday was a tough day, we all slept in this morning until 6:30. What a luxury! But once we awoke, we quickly packed up and got into our own cars so we could each drop one car at the Rock River Falls trailhead. Oh my...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 13, 2020 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today we thought we had an easy 16.1 miles (25.9 km) to our cars at the Rock River Falls parking area. Or should I say, we thought we had an easy day because we were only hiking 16.1 miles (km). So we decided to sleep in a little at our motel, the lovely Holiday Inn...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 14, 2020 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today’s agenda called for hiking from downtown Marquette to Jeske Flooding, mostly on roads. The forecast called for rain starting in the afternoon and continuing all night. We were supposed to camp in Marquette City Tourist Park, but decided the idea of setting...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 15, 2020 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Our day’s itinerary called for hiking from Little Garlic Falls back to Marquette City Tourist Park. In the morning, the Eckerts said they’d decided to do their own thing today. Bruce needed new trekking poles, for one, as one of his broke the other day,...