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Last Christmas my daughter Hannah and I gave the gift of a commitment to meet the Challenge 100 goal of 100 miles on the NCT. We started in February of 2016, and just kept going. We had a blast hiking the various trails around our Walker, MN home, taking with us Clover, Hannah's dog, every time, and my wife Genell and grandchild Keeda sometimes. The blow-down of trees was striking, and created many obstacles. Fortunately we live almost on top of the trail, and access was easy. We are a 2 Subaru family ('95 Forrester and '13 Forrester) which we used to get further out and back on the trail. We were glad to see Subaru as a sponsor. We found two spots we will visit frequently, they are so beautiful. We are so thankful for this trail, and the opportunity it provides to walk these north woods off the vehicle path.
Last Christmas my daughter Hannah and I gave the gift of a commitment to meet the Challenge 100 goal of 100 miles on the NCT. We started in February of 2016, and just kept going. We had a blast hiking the various trails around our Walker, MN home, taking with us Clover, Hannah's dog, every time, and my wife Genell and grandchild Keeda sometimes. The blow-down of trees was striking, and created many obstacles. Fortunately we live almost on top of the trail, and access was easy. We are a 2 Subaru family ('95 Forrester and '13 Forrester) which we used to get further out and back on the trail. We were glad to see Subaru as a sponsor. We found two spots we will visit frequently, they are so beautiful. We are so thankful for this trail, and the opportunity it provides to walk these north woods off the vehicle path.
My wife Candice and I set out this past year to complete the full Pennsylvania trail hike from the Ohio / Pennsylvania state line to the Pennsylvania / New York line. We began our journey back in January 2016 and periodically on weekends or work days off we hiked as much as possible. We should have finished our 100 miles sooner but, circumstances throughout the year caused a delay in the completion as we finished Christmas Eve 2016. This year 2017 we hope to complete the full hike of Pennsylvania from where we left off this year. This will ensure us to complete another 100 miles for 2017 as well. This 100 mile hike that we completed was a great experience of getting to enjoy the peace and tranquility of nature.
My wife and I first took note of the NCT when we were on a short 2 mile hike on part of the trail for geocaching this summer. After a few weeks of discussing and researching the NCT we decided to start hiking segments of it with a 20 year goal of completing all of it (hopefully before we are 70). We started the "official" work on our end-to-end hike in late August, starting at the NCTA headquarters, buying some maps, and then hiking north to Fallasburg Park. Over the next weeks we vacationed up north and completed a county (Antrim), joined a group hike, and continued sections north of Lowell. It was surprising to notice how we were acclimating to the hiking as the miles built up. We just completed our 100th mile today with a 5.6 mile hike, ending at the start of the Rogue River State Game Area at Long Lake Park. We're looking forward to putting our first achievement badge onto our hiking packs - just over 2% of the trail done for us.
Hiking the North Country Trail on Oct. 16 north of Lake Owen in Bayfield Co, WI my wife and I hiked through a 1.5 mile section of sugar maples trees in full golden color. The canopy was like golden stars and the maple shrubs carpeted the forest floor with thousands of gold sparks. A magical moment on the North Country Trail.
I live 1/2 mile from the section of the NCT that passes through the City of Marquette and have spent many happy hours pushing strollers, pulling sleds, riding slowly while a training wheel child huffs and puffs along with mommy and daddy. I love where we live and that stretch of trail is a big part of it. I set off this spring with the intent to do the NCT from the bridge to MQT (in segments ) and maybe not all this year. I really enjoyed the section up to M-26/Soldier Lake which I did in two consecutive weekends.....over did in two consecutive weekends. Tore my achilles tendon and had to lay up for two months. UGH! So the second 1/2 of my 100 where all done on day hikes with the kids or even just taking the long way home from work.
Winter - St. Ignace, Brevort Lake SE, MI Straits SP, Mancelona Road with J45/HSS, Upper Tahqua and Wolf Lake, Tahqua Lodge to Lower Falls, CR 500 to Culhane Lake and Superior Shore near Two Hearted River, Tahqua River/Lynch Creek Camp 10 Lakes. OH - Old Mans Cave & Hocking Hills NCT, OH Wayne NF. More - Castle Rock to Brevort Lk Road, J45's Chandler Hill area, MI Straits SP (again), Brevort Lake E-S-W, M123 and M123 to Curley Lewis, M55 S to 9 Mi, Manistee River, Blacksmith Bayou, M10 to 8th
Just about all of my mileage this year was within the Peter Wolfe Chapter! My added motivation this year was to complete some stray segments for the two volume guide I have published on the Peter Wolfe Chapter. I am selling these currently and donating half of the proceeds to the Peter Wolfe Chapter! Covid-19 added a twist to completing the challenge this year as the hikes were most often with my wife Julie and with our friends Mark and Jennifer. See highlights on my Instagram: Decompressu. – Keith
I love to be out in nature with my husband and friends. I particularly like the exercise it provides at 66 years of age! This is an awesome program that creates accountability for getting exercise and it would be great to see more people getting out there to do it! - Julie
Last Christmas my daughter, Hannah, and I gave the gift of a commitment to meet the Challenge 100 goal of 100 miles on the NCT. We started in February of 2015 and just kept going. We had a blast hiking the various trails around our Walker, MN home, taking with us Clover, Hannah's dog, every time, and my wife, Genell, and grandchild, Keeda, sometimes. The blow-down of trees was striking and created many obstacles. Fortunately we live almost on top of the trail and access was easy. We are a 2 Subaru family ('95 Forrester and '13 Forrester) which we used to get further out and back on the trail. We were glad to see Subaru as a sponsor. We found two spots we will visit frequently; they are so beautiful. We are so thankful for this trail and the opportunity it provides to walk these north woods off the vehicle path.
Hiked a few different areas around the state of Michigan including Porcupine Mountains, Jordan Valley, and up around the Petoskey area. We also made a visit to the headquarters in Lowell, Michigan. I hiked with my sister in-law and her daughter, what a great adventure. Had a few hikes with my husband and our dog; it's a great bonding time. Hope to continue on this adventure throughout my life.
Last Christmas my daughter Hannah and I gave the gift of a commitment to meet the Challenge 100 goal of 100 miles on the NCT. We started in February of 2016, and just kept going. We had a blast hiking the various trails around our Walker, MN home, taking with us Clover, Hannah's dog, every time, and my wife Genell and grandchild Keeda sometimes. The blow-down of trees was striking, and created many obstacles. Fortunately we live almost on top of the trail, and access was easy. We are a 2 Subaru family ('95 Forrester and '13 Forrester) which we used to get further out and back on the trail. We were glad to see Subaru as a sponsor. We found two spots we will visit frequently, they are so beautiful. We are so thankful for this trail, and the opportunity it provides to walk these north woods off the vehicle path.
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Winter - St. Ignace, Brevort Lake SE, MI Straits SP, Mancelona Road with J45/HSS, Upper Tahqua and Wolf Lake, Tahqua Lodge to Lower Falls, CR 500 to Culhane Lake and Superior Shore near Two Hearted River, Tahqua River/Lynch Creek Camp 10 Lakes. OH - Old Mans Cave & Hocking Hills NCT, OH Wayne NF. More - Castle Rock to Brevort Lk Road, J45's Chandler Hill area, MI Straits SP (again), Brevort Lake E-S-W, M123 and M123 to Curley Lewis, M55 S to 9 Mi, Manistee River, Blacksmith Bayou, M10 to 8th