by adventuretoward | Aug 21, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
When I finished my thru-run/hike of the Ice Age Trail in October 2013, I knew there would be a day when I could triumphantly proclaim, “Valderi returns!” For the minute I touched the eastern terminus marker in Potawatomi State Park, I was seized with the...
by adventuretoward | Aug 29, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
Almost two years to the day when I started my first thru-hike from St. Croix Falls, I find myself in Sturgeon Bay at the eastern terminus, where I ended, ready to start another thru-hike. I’m excited, yet worried. My previous hike was the experience of a...
by adventuretoward | Aug 30, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
Today’s goal was hiking/running from Kewaunee to Tisch Mills. Luckily, it was a decent day for hiking. It was cloudy/foggy when I headed out from Kewaunee in the morning, so I didn’t get the best look at the Ahnapee State Trail (a rail-trail). Rats,...
by adventuretoward | Aug 31, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
Today’s goal was hiking from Tisch Mills to Manitowoc. I started off the day getting shuttled by Bob Fay, a section-hiker I met on the trail in 2013. He’s from Two Rivers and will be finishing the IAT later this year. Dolly McNulty also helped today, first...
by adventuretoward | Sep 1, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
My trek from Manitowoc to Elkhart Lake might have been the most challenging day I’ve ever spent on the trail. I had 28-ish miles (45 km) on the road, heading from Manitowoc to La Budde Creek east of Elkhart Lake. The forecast, I thought, was for a high in the...
by adventuretoward | Sep 2, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
The Northern Kettle in one day — phew! Today my college friend and roommate, Mary Jo, took a day off to crew me. I started a mile or two shy of the Greenbush segment near Elkhart Lake. Then I rolled right through the Northern Kettle.It was a beautiful day, if...
