Hike 17

Starting point—just outside of Mishicot
Ending point—Point Beach State Forest
Distance— 4.7 miles
Cumulative Distance— 93.1 miles

We spent part of our Memorial Day weekend enjoying gorgeous weather in the 70s on the Ice Age Trail. The boys were comfortable in their backpack carriers, and this was the first time we've used them for any considerable distance. 

Teddy managed to snooze in his carrier, in the same awkward position that AJ used to when he was younger, so he approves of his carrier. AJ loves riding in the backpack! He particularly likes to blow the whistle.

We were excited to make it to a section of "real" trail, which we'll be on for the foreseeable future, since we don't knock off too many miles at a time. The hike along the road was nice without too much traffic. The small portion we hiked on "real" trail was beautiful, minus the droves of mosquitoes. Amazingly, we walked away with one bite on David despite not wearing any bug spray. (But we won't tempt fate next time and will use bug spray!) This was among the worst Kerry has seen for swarms of mosquitoes, but the nicely constructed boardwalk kept us off their radar unless we stopped to snap a picture.

This was a wonderful way to spend part of our holiday weekend, and we're already plotting when we can get back on the trail in June!