Chippewa National Forest Hike
Thursday, October 21
Highway 6 Trailhead to Mabel Lake Road
Meeting Jack and Jerry at the One Stop in Longville. Shuttling the van, dropped off at the Highway 6 Trail head, walking through the woods past an overgrown pond, hiking the thin ridge near Milton Lakes, hiking through the scrubby woods to my bike at the Hwy 4 Trailhead. Continuing across the SOO Line Trail, encountering a critter, finding the Speakers Campsite, and then the Speakers Trail, meeting Matt Davis and Volunteer Phil working on the Trail, and singing karaoke at the Casino.
Trip Reports
Pre-Trip Preparations and Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Getting to Remer
Deciding to go on a hike, emails with Tom Salwasser, email to NCTA Volunteers, getting ready, getting sick, driving to Remer,
Photos
Highway 6 Trailhead to Mabel Lake Road
Mabel Lake Road to Highway 84 (North of Longville)
Highway 84 to Goose Lake (3rd Trail Crossing of the Woodtick Trail)
Goose Lake to Woodtick Impoundment (1st Crossing of the Woodtick Trail) Click here
Remer, Longville and Walker, Minnesota (towns I visited)
Friday, October 22
Mabel Lake Road to Highway 84
Meeting the Fitzgeralds at the Longville One Stop, shuttling the van, starting out at Mabel Lake Road, hiking to the Boy River, trying to find the Campsite on the Boy River, hiking to Macemon Road, Meeting the Janesecs, hiking to Macemon road again, meeting Kit, trying to find the Campsite on Crown Lake, meeting the Fangels, hiking back to the van at highway 84, going to the Longville Library to use the computer, scouting out the trail, meeting hunter Mark, going into Walker, showering at the Community Center and eating at Benson's.
Saturday, October 23
Highway 84 to Goose Lake
Sleeping at the Highway 84 Trailhead, going past two farm fields, hiking the North south stretch past some pothole grasslands and marshes, walking across a cool stretch of land between two marshes, finding Hazel Lake and the Campsite, Meeting fisherman Ken, finding a pond near some tall pines, going into the Goose Lake Trail System, hiking past an unnamed lake then Goose Lake, being pick up by Ken and taken to my van, heading to Park Rapids and attending the Trail Dinner Click Here
Sunday, October 24 and Monday, October 25
Goose Lake to Woodtick Impoundment, then home.
Heading to the Woodtick Trail from Park Rapids, getting a late start on this wet, cold and rainy day, hiking past Moccasin, Cranberry, North Stocking, Ivans, Long (aka Gut) and Hovde Lakes, finding and not finding campsites, hiking through the Woodtick Impoundment Area, being picked up by Darrel, having Supper with Darrel, heading back to Madison, Click Here
The Aftermath
My thoughts on the Chip, read it, reflect and react. Click Here