Time is Running Out

Cold is in the air, and I'm not sure how much longer we can last without snow covering the state.  MN got hit last weekend, and the white stuff is due in WI pretty soon (at least I'm hoping so for deer hunting opening on Saturday!!)

We are potentially looking at doing a few more miles, really just getting through parts of Algoma, but I'm not sure if there will be time before we get lots of snow.  I would have no problem doing some in the winter, but some of the IAT shares its path with snowmobile trails.  I'm sure the last thing they want is people snowshoeing as they are going 50mph down a winding trail.  The other problem is we have some large stretches of roads, which I really don't want to be wandering down in the snow with ice and vehicles....

We will see.... it will depend on the weather and the "free time" we have :-P

~Dave

First Blister Forms

Yep - compared to our trip to the Dakota's about 2 months ago, I'm way out of hiking shape.  Got a blister on my foot from our 23 miles this weekend.  I've been walking on it tenderly all day today..... even got a comment at work asking what I did this weekend that I was moving slow!

I feel like it is going to be a wasted blister though.  It likely won't see the repeat abuse we normally give our feet during the summer with our camping and hiking, which means by the time we get to go hiking again, it won't have turned into extra layers of protection :-P

Photos from day 2 of hiking are updated in that post.... we are trying to figure out where we can post more pictures... not sure if we will use Picasa or something else that is easier to upload to.

~Dave