by adventuretoward | May 31, 2017 | North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today we were starting off from Naomikong Overlook, a spot on Lake Superior’s Tahquamenon Bay. Unfortunately, rain was forecast for the morning. Not what we wanted to learn after yesterday’s misadventures. But you can’t expect sunny days every day....
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 Melanie McManus | Jul 28, 2020 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail 2017 – Still Hiking, Trail Journals
Today’s goal was hiking to the Wisconsin-Michigan border, and then the last few miles of the NCT-Wisconsin down to Hwy. 2. Since I was out late yesterday, I let myself sleep in. Around 9 a.m., the owner of an Ironwood, Mich., AirBnB that Ed and I had stayed at...