Waking up this last morning, I could feel the fire in my legs. Everything had tightened up overnight. I guess I should have expected it for day 3. I was expecting it yesterday. I sat up and began to stretch. I had mentioned making sure to bring the ibuprofen, also in the “Geezer’s Guide to …
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Manistee River Loop Trail (part 3)
The Greenbelly hit my stomach a little hard today. Yesterday I absolutely loved the small lunchable bar. Today for some reason it just felt heavy. I took a few more drinks and we headed back down the trail. The slopes on this side of the river are all sand. Lunch was a good rest but …
Manistee River Loop Trail (part 2)
Overnight the temps had cooled off nicely. Enough to dry off and I ended up crawling underneath the sleeping bag. The stream was running a few feet past the door of my tent and everything was calm. No horns, lawnmowers, cars, motorcycles, or city sounds. Almost disturbing but not. Noises most of us get so …
Manistee River Loop Trail (part 1)
It was a somewhat cool 70 degree but humid morning, the temps had been hot and humid the last few days and today looked like another one. I was on the road by 2 AM on July 4th as planned after spending the last few weeks planning and prepping every last detail of my pack …
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