{"id":1594,"date":"2017-06-01T19:03:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2020-08-11T01:07:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T01:07:20","slug":"michigan-nct-day-7-pine-river-campground-to-naomikong-overlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/michigan-nct-day-7-pine-river-campground-to-naomikong-overlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan NCT Day 7: Pine River Campground to Naomikong Overlook"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After meeting Bill, the trail got lumpy and bumpy \u2013 sort of like a farm field. This really bothered the bottoms of our feet. The scenery was beautiful, though. The forecast was for a sunny, warm day, but by late morning the clouds moved in and the wind picked up. It began sprinkling on and off.<\/span><\/p>\n For the next few hours I kept putting on and off my rain pants<\/a> and backpack cover. It was really annoying. Every time it seemed like it was ready to really dump on us and I suited up, the weather would change within the next 5-10 minutes. Oh, well.<\/span><\/p>\n We did get to tape a Beer Mile video for Tim’s Hash House Harriers<\/a>\u00a0Facebook group, so that was fun.<\/span><\/p>\n Around the time we hit H-28 in the mid-afternoon, Ed was hurting. Both of his feet were quite sore from our high mileage. Then he twisted his ankle. That did him in. I had him wait with our packs where the trail crossed Salt Point Road, and then I jogged the last 5.2 miles (8.4 km) to our car, parked at Naomikong Overlook.<\/span><\/p>\n Luckily the trail was pretty runnable, so I made good time \u2013 just over an hour. I picked up Ed, who decided he probably couldn’t finish the next\/last two days of hiking. So we grabbed my car, parked at Pine River Campground, and took both cars to our motel in St. Ignace, the lovely Baymont Inn & Suites<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n It was totally a bummer that Ed was injured. And also that we found a few ticks on us and in the car. UGH.<\/span><\/p>\n Snowshoe and Ed<\/span><\/p>\n MI NCT miles today: 25.6 (41.2 km)<\/span> Disclosure: This entry contains affiliate links (among regular links) to products I own and like, or which I think you might like. This means that, at no extra cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 pushed on. After meeting Bill, the trail got lumpy and bumpy \u2013 sort of like a farm field. This really bothered the bottoms of our feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,2],"tags":[4362,4255],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a> who was freshening up blazes. We chatted for a while, then pushed on.<\/span><\/p>\nLeaving Pine River in the Dust<\/h2>\n
MI NCT miles to date: 139.6 (224.7 km)<\/span>
Total NCT miles to date: 139.6 (224.7 km)<\/span>
Total NCT miles to go: 4,460.4 (7,178.3 km)<\/span><\/p>\n