{"id":7535,"date":"2021-07-14T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T23:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/?p=7535"},"modified":"2021-07-21T18:31:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T23:31:23","slug":"michigan-nct-day-45-high-bridge-to-hodenpyl-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/michigan-nct-day-45-high-bridge-to-hodenpyl-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan NCT Day 45: High Bridge to Hodenpyl Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7536\" src=\"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_8679-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Trio hiking along a river on the North Country Trail near High Bridge Access.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\nToday\u2019s trek was a 20-miler (32.2 km) from High Bridge, a boat access area, to Hodenpyl Dam. The weather looked great: sunny and low 80s F. (26-28 C.). The <a href=\"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/shuttles-between-trailheads-whats-most-efficient\/\">shuttling<\/a> took some time, and we\u2019re discovering that having four cars is better than three. It\u2019s not ideal from an ecological standpoint, but all four of us keep forgetting what car(s) will be where and when. And we can only fit all of us in Ed\u2019s car, so that becomes problematic.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we got started just before 9 a.m. and began trekking through the forest. Then we popped out into a flowering prairie area for a while, which was lovely. We could also see the Manistee River. Beautiful!<\/p>\n<h2>Leaving High Bridge Behind<\/h2>\n<p>It was starting to get quite hot out in the prairie, so we were nervous that we\u2019d be trekking through this landscape all day long. Luckily, the trail eventually dipped into the woods, where it stayed for the remainder of our hike.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From here on out, the trail wound up very long, steep hills, then descended. Over and over and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7537\" src=\"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_8682-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Group hiking up a long hill in the forest.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>over again.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But, we persevered. We passed one group of 17 hikers, in three different clumps; guessing maybe a Boy Scout troop?<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we\u2019re back at <a href=\"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/shuttles-between-trailheads-whats-most-efficient\/\">Northern Exposure<\/a>. Annoyingly, strong storms are coming all night and into tomorrow. We\u2019ve had enough rain already!<\/p>\n<p>Snowshoe<\/p>\n<p>MI NCT miles today: 19.6 (31.5 km)<br \/>\nMI NCT miles to date: 772.6 (1,243.4km)<br \/>\nTotal NCT miles to date: 1,521.6 (2,448.8 km)<br \/>\nTotal NCT miles to go: 3,078.4 (4,954.2 km)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s trek was a 20-miler (32.2 km) from High Bridge, a boat access area, to Hodenpyl Dam. The weather looked great: sunny and low 80s F. (26-28 C.). 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