by Melanie McManus | Feb 1, 2019 | Blog, Hiking
Hiking umbrellas aren’t something you hear being discussed a lot. I never even knew there was such a thing until several years ago, when I began long-distance hiking in earnest. So what is a hiking umbrella? Disclosure: This entry contains affiliate links (among...
by Melanie McManus | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog, Hiking
I’m a newbie at camping, so I never had to ponder the issue of camp shoes. Until recently, that is. You see, while I’ve hiked all my life and have some 6,000 miles under my backpack straps, 99.9 percent of the time I day-hiked, getting off the trail at...
by Melanie McManus | Jun 21, 2019 | Border Route Trail 2019, Hiking, Minnesota, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals, United States
Friday, June 21, 2019The bulk of the campsites along the Border Route Trail are in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). There aren’t many between the Western Terminus, near the popular Magnetic Rock formation, and the western end of the BWCAW. Our...
