100 Miles for Monica

 It was an awesome day for Monica. She wasn't sure she was going to have enough time free from work/family to finish her Hike 100 for the year. But we managed to pull it off today. See the "100" in the snow?

The day... well, the day was even busier than yesterday, believe it or not. I managed to edit a little bit in the morning. But then I had to do errands. Monica picked me up after lunch and we went to check on a venue for an upcoming chapter event. We planned to take a short hike after that.

But she only had to do five miles to complete her 100 for the year! So we decided to try for it. I was the one with the deadline. I had to be back for bell choir practice.

Monica has been so swamped with work we haven't had really any time together lately, so this was great fun!

We managed to hike 5 trail miles, 0.5 spur trail miles, clear 7 or 8 smallish trees off the trail by brute force, take locations for another 6 that someone will have to come get with a saw-- all in 2.25 hours. And we got done before the rain started, and I got to bells on time!

We hiked as far as the new turnpike section that was completed in August. It made a great goal for us to shoot for. It's looking good. Next spring will be the real test. This area is usually a mess in spring.

And after bell choir I had a zoom meeting for another hour.

Next stop, bed with a book or a game.

Miles hiked in 2024: 543.8. NCT miles hiked in 2024: 165.5

North Country Trail, Lake Co, MI. Bowman Trailhead south to Rainbow Bend and back. 5.5 miles

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