May 27, 2017
Ideally, to an orderly, logical person like me, we'd
section-hike the NCT in some sequence. (Although section-hiking means you can hike
sections of the trail in any order.) But that's not what's happening here, due to a variety of factors.
What that means for our hike today is that we again headed west, this time from Grand
Marais about 25 miles through the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and into
Beaver Basin Wilderness.
We were told the path through Pictured Rocks was
perfectly signed. Um … not quite. Blue blazes are the sign for the North
Country Trail. But in Pictured Rocks, there are wooden sign posts for the
trail at the intersection of the trail with major points of interest, but not
one blaze otherwise. Okay, that's not too difficult to figure out.
But at the very end of our long, 26-mile day, we were
looking for Coves Campsites, from which we'd take a connector trail back to our
car. Coves was right after Beaver Creek Campsites, but in between were a wealth
of side trails around Beaver Lake. Suffice it to say we never found the path we
were looking for, and were told by several others that they found all of the
signage confusing. We ended up hiking an extra 2-3 miles, which was tough.
But that's life on the trail! The scenery was gorgeous
and we had an excellent day.
Snowshoe and Cheese Ed
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