by adventuretoward | Jun 10, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today, heading out from Split Rock River, was an awesome sauce day! Ed dropped me off at the spur trail leading back to the SHT and Split Rock River right where I had gotten off last night. He then parked the car and planned to meet me up the trail a bit. It only took...
by adventuretoward | Jun 12, 2018 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Superior Hiking Trail 2018, Trail Journals
Today’s destination was Crosby Manitou State Park. Ed dropped me off at the trailhead on Lake County Road 6, then headed home. His time on the trail was up. Sniff! Today’s forecast called for a 30 percent chance of rain in the morning. Not too bad. It did...
by Melanie McManus | Jan 31, 2021 | Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
My trek along the NCT to the Jordan River today was an oddity. I don’t normally hike the National Scenic Trails in winter, nor do I normally hike just one day. Unless, that is, I happen to be in the area. And I was. I was checking out nearby Bay View, a historic...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 6, 2021 | Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
My hike tonight from the Jordan River to Pinney Bridge will hopefully be the start of a three-week hike on the NCT and some 400 more miles down. But we’ll see. After tackling the Natchez Trace in April, I developed some kind of tendinitis/inflammation in my...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 7, 2021 | Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals, Uncategorized
Today’s trek to the ORV lot was an interesting one. And it was another day of changing plans. But you have to be flexible and patient when hiking, because things always come up. My original plan had been to camp at Pinney Bridge last night, as I wrote yesterday....
