by adventuretoward | Jun 1, 2017 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today, heading out from Pine River Campground, started out great. The morning was cool and sunny. Ed and I headed north along the trail, and we were an hour or two in when we met Bill Courtois, a trail angel who was freshening up blazes. We chatted for a while, then...
by adventuretoward | Jun 2, 2017 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Unfortunately, Ed was still in bad shape today, when our itinerary called for hiking many miles to Burma Road. So I headed out alone with him crewing me. I heard and saw a pair of sandhill cranes calling to one another across a lake. It was incredible. I saw a large...
by adventuretoward | Jun 3, 2017 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today I was hiking out from Burma Road. Ed’s foot was a tiny bit better, but still nowhere near hike-worthy. So I headed southwest on Burma Road, walking the first stretch. I was clad head-to-toe in my bug suit. Last night I kept waking up and feeling like I had...
by adventuretoward | Nov 11, 2017 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
I’d planned to hike about 25 miles (40.2 km) of the North Country Trail today, from the U.P.-Wisconsin border near Ironwood, Michigan, to the Copper Falls area near Iron County. My friend, Doug, was going to join me. Well, instead of hiking in typical November weather...
by adventuretoward | Jun 2, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Another adventure begins! Today I’m starting a thru-hike of the 315-mile Superior Hiking Trail, which runs from just south of Duluth, Minn., up along the North Shore of Lake Superior nearly to Canada. I’ve long heard this is a beautiful, rugged trail and...
by adventuretoward | Jun 2, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Wow, what a crazy first day on the trail (heading north from the southern terminus). The Superior Hiking Trail (SHT) starts in the south in the middle of the woods on the border with Wisconsin. Since the parking area is two miles away, you have to hike in to the...