Wednesday September 27, 2017 Starting Point: South Pier Inn, Duluth Ending Point: White Pines Campsite Trail Miles Hiked: 15.2 After a good night’s sleep in the South Pier Inn I am a little slow getting out of bed.  I go down to the lobby and grab some breakfast, go back to the room and finish packing, and head out a […]

Tuesday September 26, 2017 Starting Point: Spirit Mountain Campground Ending Point: South Pier Inn, Duluth Trail Miles Hiked: 14.3 It started raining about 10 p.m. last night and rained pretty hard throughout the night. When I woke up this morning the rain was still coming down and I get to pack up in the rain.  This is the first time […]

Monday September 25, 2017 Starting Point: Fund du Lac Campground Ending Point: Spirit Mountain Campground Trail Miles Hiked: 9.3 The rain has stopped by the time I get up this morning. I pack up my gear and head out for the trail.  Checking my phone for the weather, it appears I have about an hour and a half before the rain will […]

Sunday September 24th, 2017 Starting Point: High Landing Campsite – Jay Cook State Park Ending Point: Fund du Lac Campground Trail Miles Hiked: 11.9 I got up early today in hopes of making it to Jay Cooke State Park visitors center and make a call to InReach customer support to troubleshoot my InReach device. I was on the trail by 7 AM […]

Saturday September 23rd, 2017 Starting Point:  Broken Arrow OK Ending Point: High Landing Campsite – Jay Cooke State Park Trail Miles Hiked:  7.1 I started out this morning in Broken Arrow OK.  My alarm sounded at 5:00 am so I could get to the airport, check in my backpack and catch a 7:00 am flight to Duluth.  I called a Uber […]