puddingboy
08-12-2009, 11:37
Day One
We started out at the highway 64 trailhead at about 2. We entered the forest and every once in a while we would come to a clearing and cross a wet prairie. The trail was pretty overgrown. After about 2 or 3 miles we came to a dry clearing that had been made by a tornado. It was completely overgrown by raspberry bushes and we had to push through them, our machete got alot of work in this part. We crossed forest road 558 after 4 miles. We hiked two mile long jaunts through the woods, and we saw a porcupine climbing a tree, porcupines are really cool! We continued through the woods through some wet boggy like trail with roots everywhere. As we were taking a break we heard lots of howling, very near, we continued to go and we heard a wolf from behind and a bunch across a clearing. We walked some more and got to our campsite at lake eleven at about 8. It is a great campsite and we swam in the lake. The water is red and taste terrible. As we went to bed we heard the wolves howling in the distance. What an amazing day.
Day Two
We woke made breakfast and walked till about noon. We stopped and made lunch at jerry lake and heard the wolves on the opposite side of the lake. We hiked until we got to the yellow river campsite. The yellow river is not really a river more like a small creek.It started raining and we made camp there. We made dinner and it stopped raining so we packed things up and hiked another 2 1/2 miles. And stopped at an unmarked campsite. There are alot of campsite that are not marked on the map. We saw two hikers the first and only group.
Day Three
We trudged either along high eskers or in wet lowlands. The trail was still overgrown and the misquitoes were terrible. We walked until we came to the mondeaux flowage. We hiked another mile till we got to the west point campground where we met up with my uncle andy. We fished some and grilled the fish over the fire.
Day Four
We hiked till we got to the top of the flowage, where they had a lodge with food and showers. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger mmmmmm. We walked along the flowage where it was better maintained but as we entered the woods again it w quickly got wet and overgrown, We crossed over a beaver dam and we were at my uncles car by 2.
Overall we had a great time, and the trail challenged us. It was over grown in lots of places and some boardwalks were slanted. I would not recommend this to any beginning hiker but it would be fine for anyone who has done a couple backpacking trips.
We started out at the highway 64 trailhead at about 2. We entered the forest and every once in a while we would come to a clearing and cross a wet prairie. The trail was pretty overgrown. After about 2 or 3 miles we came to a dry clearing that had been made by a tornado. It was completely overgrown by raspberry bushes and we had to push through them, our machete got alot of work in this part. We crossed forest road 558 after 4 miles. We hiked two mile long jaunts through the woods, and we saw a porcupine climbing a tree, porcupines are really cool! We continued through the woods through some wet boggy like trail with roots everywhere. As we were taking a break we heard lots of howling, very near, we continued to go and we heard a wolf from behind and a bunch across a clearing. We walked some more and got to our campsite at lake eleven at about 8. It is a great campsite and we swam in the lake. The water is red and taste terrible. As we went to bed we heard the wolves howling in the distance. What an amazing day.
Day Two
We woke made breakfast and walked till about noon. We stopped and made lunch at jerry lake and heard the wolves on the opposite side of the lake. We hiked until we got to the yellow river campsite. The yellow river is not really a river more like a small creek.It started raining and we made camp there. We made dinner and it stopped raining so we packed things up and hiked another 2 1/2 miles. And stopped at an unmarked campsite. There are alot of campsite that are not marked on the map. We saw two hikers the first and only group.
Day Three
We trudged either along high eskers or in wet lowlands. The trail was still overgrown and the misquitoes were terrible. We walked until we came to the mondeaux flowage. We hiked another mile till we got to the west point campground where we met up with my uncle andy. We fished some and grilled the fish over the fire.
Day Four
We hiked till we got to the top of the flowage, where they had a lodge with food and showers. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger mmmmmm. We walked along the flowage where it was better maintained but as we entered the woods again it w quickly got wet and overgrown, We crossed over a beaver dam and we were at my uncles car by 2.
Overall we had a great time, and the trail challenged us. It was over grown in lots of places and some boardwalks were slanted. I would not recommend this to any beginning hiker but it would be fine for anyone who has done a couple backpacking trips.