July 14, 2024 White Pine campsite to Canal Park, Duluth 14.7 miles Town day! Town day! I rally myself out of lethargy as well as I can and get moving. I’m not messing around with the DEET again today. It’s a two-wipe morning. We only have a few miles of real trail left before the …
July 8, 2024 Beaver Bay to Blueberry Hill Campsite 14.7 miles I am determined to have chill morning coffee time in the gorgeous lobby of the lodge, and that’s exactly what I do. It’s quiet as I write and sip my alive juice. I wouldn’t consider myself a morning person, really, because I don’t enjoy …
July 7, 2024 Silver Bay to Beaver Bay 5.7 miles It’s starting to rain as I write and drink coffee in the lobby this morning. The weather app tells me that it will stop by the afternoon, but I’m dubious. It looks dark, threatening, and settled-in. Ah, well. I guess we will be getting wet. …
June 27, 2024 Cliff Creek Campsite to Grand Marais via the North Shore State Trail 10.8 miles It was cold last night, I didn’t sleep well, and I was slow to wake up today, even though I knew I was going into town. “Hello in there!” Machine called tentatively just as I became conscious. “What …
June 26, 2024 Judge C. R. Magney State Park to Cliff Creek 13.4 miles I woke up to the sound of raindrops again. I had to poke my head out of my tent to roll down my vestibule (which Machine calls a “vegetable”) and decided that if I had to be awake, I may as …
June 25, 2024 Caribou Pond to campsite at Judge C. R. Magney State Park 17.0 miles It thunderstormed last night out of nowhere. One minute I was falling asleep and the next, it was pouring rain and thundering so loud it seemed like it was right next to us. I rearranged the inside of my …
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 