We started at Sawdust Hole. Of course, it's the gray and brown season, so it's not super spectacular.
We dropped down into Leitch Bayou. This is the spot where I ate my first ever meal on the NCT in (I think) 1991.
This is just a little backwater that the beavers play in from time to time. But I always think it makes a somewhat attractive picture with the Manistee River showing.
We saw three different boats of anglers, but I have no idea what they were fishing for.
We crossed the bayou and climbed back up the bluff on the other side, about 200 feet. Of course, we descended about 100 feet at the beginning, so about 300 total feet of elevation change in each direction. When you get to the top of the climb at the west end of the bayou, you can see the river from the high vantage point. Actually, the low area is where we just climbed up from.
We continued past and over the esker.
Our goal was to hike 3 NCT miles out (plus the spur from the parking) before we turned around. We accomplished that. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to carry the 18 pounds the whole distance, but it all went fine.
Miles hiked in 2025: 90. Hike 100 Challenge: 28.5
North Country Trail, Sawdust Hole, Manistee Co, MI. 3 miles plus spur west and back
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3 comments:
sounds like a good day
Java Bean: "Ayyy, what a great walk that looks like! And you know what they say, a tired human is a good human!"
Charlee: "I am pretty sure that's what the humans say about you dogs, Bean."
Java Bean: "If it's good for us, it's good for them."
Ann- very much so!
Bean- you could have run and run and sniffed and had good cause to be tired.
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