Written on May 14, 2011
Days: 27 Miles: 5,600ish Location: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin Calm waters on Lake Superior So I have finnished up the last part of my journey through the Great Lakes of Michigan and Wisconsin! This has been a much more relaxed part of the trip; I’m just hiking and hanging. Both of these locations offer...
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Written on May 8, 2011
Day: 21 Miles: 4,330 Locations: White Butte, North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National Park Wildlife everywhere in North Dakota! I’ve had some great times in a state that is not well known for tourism! North Dakota has had some of the best wildlife viewing I’ve seen this trip. Not kidding! I’ve seen three herds of...
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Written on May 8, 2011
Day: 20 Miles: 3,700ish Locations: Minutemen Missile National Historic Site, Badlands National Park and Belle Fourche, the Geographic Center of the Nation The Badlands! Whew, what a day! It turned out completely different then I planned! I was about 60 miles out of Rapid City, South Dakota and came across a very interesting National Historic...
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Written on May 6, 2011
Day: 17-18 Miles: 3,500ish Locations: Wind Cave National Park and Jewel Cave National Monument, Black Hills, South Dakota Boxwork in Wind Cave This journey has finally taken me underground! My adventures have brought me to South Dakota and the famed Black Hills. Famed mostly to road-trippers and rock climbers! The Black Hills are somewhat of a...
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Written on May 4, 2011
Day: 15-16 Miles: 3,113 Location: Southwest Coulior, Middle Teton (12,804ft) Epic shot of Middle Teton Another day, another mountain! This day, it happened to be a spring ascent of Middle Teton in Teton National Park, Wyoming! Most people who travel to the Tetons for climbing intend to bag Grand Teton. I hope to climb this...
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