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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.
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'm part of a local veterans group - Team Red, White, and Blue - whose mission it is to enrich veterans’ lives through social and physical activity. We do all manner of things, running, triathlons, rucking, and of course hiking and backpacking. One of my fellow teammates from Lansing heard about the challenge and we decided to take up and see how many of our fellow teammates we could also drag along. Starting out, I had a vague knowledge of what the NCT was, and I had hiked parts of it in the Porcupine Mountains and Manistee National Forest, but just by coincidence of where I was. I had never sought out the trail or really knew the full extent of it. And so on the last day of January me and my buddy set off into the snow covered trails and the rest, as they say, is history. It was a great experience and I certainly do not intend to stop hiking the trail now that the challenge is over. Plus, we only got pulled over by the Police once (in Rockford)!
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.
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.
I began my challenge on January 5th (my 65th birthday) retracing part of the Shoe Year's Day Hike in the Yankee Springs Recreation Area close to our home in Holland, Michigan. In July my hiking buddy and I did the Jordan River Pathway. Two hikes in August coincided with my dog Maddy's rehab appointments in Rockford, MI. Milo (Maddy's brother) and I hiked the White Pine Trail and the Rogue River State Game Area section (too much gun fire!), I decided to finish the 100 mile challenge by completing the 42.4 mile Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore trail to challenge my hiking legs and my backcountry camping abilities. Trying to stay local, the gap was filled with the Battle Creek section and the Paul Henry trail in Middleville. 1 day - hiking in the rain, 1/2 day at the Munising Urgent Care Center for a hatchet accident to my thumb, 2 days of cloudless skies, and the last day of muddy trail near Munising Falls and I was done!!! Great goal, great memories, great challenge. Thank you!
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.
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.
My wife Nikki and I finished completed our Hike 100 2022 Challenge by hiking from the Mackinaw Bridge to the Tahquamenon Falls Rivermouth State Park/Tahqua Trail trailhead with two of our dogs - Riley and Dobby. We saw loads of cool birds and a porcupine, enjoyed peak fall colors the entire hike, and had every kind of weather imaginable. Both of us agreed that our favorite stretch of NCT was from Soldier Lake to Pine River Primitive Campground. We're already planning our next NCT adventure!
I had several hikes this week so that my wife and I could finish the Hike 100 Challenge together and go to Zem's in Canastota for ice cream. My favorite trail sections are the from Nelson Road to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery south of Canastota, the Quarry Road loop north of Perryville, and the Emhoff Road to Freber Road section north of Cazenovia. During the pandemic, these were far enough from village parking that they were not heavily used, and I had the views, solitude, and chipmunks to myself.
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.