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 it wasn’t the end. The minute I touched the eastern terminus marker in Potawatomi State Park, I was seized with the desire to thru-hike the trail all over again, this time heading east...
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 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 lifetime, yet it was...
by adventuretoward | Aug 30, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
A decent day for hiking. It was cloudy/foggy in the morning, so I didn’t get the best look at the Ahnapee rail-trail; the section I was on is said to be some of the most scenic rail-trail in the state. Rats.From there it was a long connecting route to Tisch...
by adventuretoward | Aug 31, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
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 getting my bags from Bob, and then taking me to a...
by adventuretoward | Sep 1, 2015 | Ice Age Trail 2015, Trail Journals
This might have been the most challenging day I’ve ever spent on the trail. I had 28-ish miles on the road, heading from Manitowoc to La Budde Creek east of Elkhart Lake. The forecast, I thought, was for a high in the low 80s. That’s hot. At least for me,...
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...
