Miles - 16.84
Total Miles - 194.7, Miles left - 21 (per NCT map)
Elevation Gain - 203' - 10,703' total
days - 22 hiking, 39 total since start
Bike shuttling - 0 miles (total - 71.5 miles)
Today started out rainy as hell and somewhat late - didn't start walking until 10 AM. I was soaked before I got moving. Actually I waited for a bit and thought; what the hell, I'm either going to walk or not walk so I started walking. After .9 mile the rain stopped but the first 10 miles were cloudy and the mosquitoes were on a mission.
Deb met me at mile 5 and we ate at a tavern by Amnicon Lake and I had an awesome burger. Miles 1 - 5 were on County Rd A, once again. Miles 6 - 10 were on a gravel road which was nice. Miles 11 - 14 just sucked as they were on State Highway 35 which could have been worse but still sucked. The rest were on trails till I got to the campground.
I saw 2 hikers in the park heading towards Little Manitou Falls, but I don't count them as NCT hikers as I doubt they even knew that they were on the NCT.
The start
The turtles, 3 of them. Presumably they were laying their eggs. Why they would decide a gravel shoulder of a highway is a good place baffles me.
Amnicon River (I believe)
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