Today started out great. The morning was cool and sunny. Ed and I headed north along the trail, and we were an hour or two in when we met Bill Courtois, a trail angel who was freshening up blazes. We chatted for a while, then pushed on.
After meeting Bill, the trail got lumpy and bumpy -- sort of like a farm field. This really bothered the bottoms of our feet. The scenery was beautiful, though. The forecast was for a sunny, warm day, but by late morning the clouds moved in and the wind picked up. It began sprinkling on and off.
For the next few hours I kept putting on and off my rain pants and backpack cover. It was really annoying. Every time it seemed like it was ready to really dump on us and I suited up, the weather would change within the next 5-10 minutes. Oh, well.
We did get to tape a Beer Mile video for Tim's Hash House Harriers group, so that was fun.
Around the time we hit H-28 in the mid-afternoon, Ed was hurting. Both of his feet were quite sore from our high mileage. Then he twisted his ankle. That did him in. I had him wait with our packs where the trail crossed Salt Point Road, and then I jogged the last 5.2 miles to our car, parked at Naomikong Overlook.
Luckily the trail was pretty runnable, so I made good time -- just over an hour. I picked up Ed, who decided he probably couldn't finish the next/last two days of hiking. So we grabbed my car, parked at Pine River Campground, and took both cars to our motel in St. Ignace.
This was totally a bummer, as was finding a few ticks on us and in the car. UGH.
Snowshoe and Cheese Ed
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