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Sunday Aug 25, 2013 #
Hike (Backpacking Trip) 1:00:00 [1] 1.9 mi (31:35 / mi)
Day 5: Potato Patch to Miner's Castle
We shortened the last day a bit to get home earlier. Plus, we were worried that we would be sore after a longer day the day before. Oddly, both of us felt great today - no soreness or anything. The packs were getting a bit lighter, but I think we were just getting used to it. We got to appreciate some nice trail that we just suffered through in the rain the first day. It was a nice, relaxed trek out to the finish. A doe and two fawns crossed the trail in front of us, but didn't seem too concerned with our presence.
I'm so glad we got to do this trip! It is definitely a beautiful part of our state, and it's actually really accessible. Lots of people were out there in all parts of it just for the day.
On day 1, the Park Ranger issuing our permits told me that some people do the whole thing in one day - 42 miles Munising to Grand Marais (or the other way around) and I became obsessed with this the whole rest of the trip. I would like to do it. Dad told me that he wanted no part of that. It would be a cool team training day, though. I was watching for people doing this every day, but I didn't see any. I asked one runner if that's what he was doing and he said no. I made some disappointed comment and apologized for my disappointment. He changed his answer to "Yes, I am." and I changed mine to "good for you."
We shortened the last day a bit to get home earlier. Plus, we were worried that we would be sore after a longer day the day before. Oddly, both of us felt great today - no soreness or anything. The packs were getting a bit lighter, but I think we were just getting used to it. We got to appreciate some nice trail that we just suffered through in the rain the first day. It was a nice, relaxed trek out to the finish. A doe and two fawns crossed the trail in front of us, but didn't seem too concerned with our presence.
I'm so glad we got to do this trip! It is definitely a beautiful part of our state, and it's actually really accessible. Lots of people were out there in all parts of it just for the day.
On day 1, the Park Ranger issuing our permits told me that some people do the whole thing in one day - 42 miles Munising to Grand Marais (or the other way around) and I became obsessed with this the whole rest of the trip. I would like to do it. Dad told me that he wanted no part of that. It would be a cool team training day, though. I was watching for people doing this every day, but I didn't see any. I asked one runner if that's what he was doing and he said no. I made some disappointed comment and apologized for my disappointment. He changed his answer to "Yes, I am." and I changed mine to "good for you."