SHT DAY 5: Eat the first ends

Road travel day! Today Maja and Andi are taking me to Northern Terminus to start my lonely sobo!

We packed our things and go to the road. I parked my vehicle where I started walking on day 1 while my friends hit Starbucks. It is the cold beer season with pumpkin cream! They recovered and we took away.

It is a cold and humid day. I am not too excited to start the path north in this way, but finally Blue Sky appears. We lead to the northeast along the 61st Highway, and in the way we leave my refueling packages. When we arrive at Grand Marais, we stop for a late breakfast in a small and cute coffee that looks like the local meeting place.

Then we continue towards the beginning of the path near the northern terminal. Backroads are actually well maintained, a surprise for gravel roads so north. The beginning of the path puts you at a mile away from the terminal, so there is another situation of exit and support. In the term, or in the «270 degree view of view», there are good opinions to Canada. This path does not really take you to the border, but it is quite close.

Mareja and Andi tagged the terminal with me, take photos and return. After saying goodbye and thanking all your help, I took off with my loaded backpack. However, I forgot my thin to sleep in my vehicle. Oh, well! At least I still have my air mattress.

The terminal sign in the walking over 270 degrees. I also signed the registration book here.

My goal for today was to reach the first camp in this way: Andy Campsite. But, I am there at 2:45, there is still no one else there, and I am not impressed with that. I use the latrine there, then I feel in a bank for a second to contemplate. The next camp is 5 miles away, and my body feels good. I think I can do it. Come on!

Another great colony of fungi.

On the way to my new destination of the Jackson camp, I reached the highest point of the entire SHT in Rosebush Ridge. It’s just 1829 feet! With the upper lake sitting at 600 feet, it is a bit comforting to know that I will not have more than 1200 feet to climb in a pop.

As the joke says: Everything is down from here!

The path was not too spicy today. There were some short ups and downs, especially to reach the crest after crossing Andy Lake Road, and there was some inclination to reach the north end. There were definitely some swampy parts without maritime walks, but I was able to keep my shoes mostly dry.

Moose clues now!

I leaked water in Jackson Creek just before the camp. There were already four people here, with three total tents. This camp is labeled as a small in the guide, but I could find a place for my store quite easily. There are about 93 campsites along the SHT, complete with a ring of fire, banks and latrine.

One of the other campers made a good fire, and we had conversations while we had dinner around. Around 7:30, a rain began, so we all retired to our stores.

I saw a total of nine people on the road today, some were one -day hikers, some backpackers. That is more people on a road in a day than I saw throughout the Ouachita path!

In general, a good day! We hope the rain stops in the morning!

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