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...
by adventuretoward | Jun 3, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today’s start was Jay Cooke State Park, and I thought we were going to have a warm day, if gray, and no rain. Instead, it rained until shortly before we started. This meant the trails stayed super water-logged and muddy. Not only that, but on this, Day 2, the...
by adventuretoward | Jun 4, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today’s itinerary called for hiking from Kingsbury Creek to Hartley Nature Center. And, yessss! The sun finally came out on Day 3 of this adventure. Not only did we have sun, but the temps were perfect – low 70s F. (21 C.) for the high – and there was a breeze....
by adventuretoward | Jun 5, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today was an up-and-down day, as we made our way out from Hartley Nature Center toward Normanna Road. The up-and-down part didn’t come from the terrain, but how we felt about the trail. From the nature center, the path began along some city streets, then dipped...
by adventuretoward | Jun 6, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today we were starting out from the mosquito-y parking spot on Normanna Road. It was going to be our first of four nights camping. But it was raining in the morning – not in the forecast – so we decided to wait it out before starting. Why start out and get immediately...
