After a quick breakfast, we drove about a mile within the park to a pickup point for a shuttle driver. From there we were driven to a trailhead about nine miles away. Then the hiking started. There was an early 1/2 mile stretch of smooth trail that gave me a false sense of ease early in the trail Unfortunately, the trail got harder and harder as the day progressed. A few times I even had memories of rocky Pennsylvania! Around 5 miles into the hike when we stopped for lunch, rumbling thunder started. It was on a ridge near the trail and stuck with us for most of the rest of the day. The temperature was 66 when we started hiking and our weather apps indicated a high of 74. All three of us disputed that it had to be warmer. It was a hot and humid. Near the very end of our hike we visited the High Falls. The were beautiful. The also splashed our faces with water and Julia and I soaked our tired feet.
The starting point for the day’s hike.
The trail is mostly marked with blue blazes, but in some places it has this Superior Hiking Trail designation.
Alan coming through the “lime squeeze.”
Sometimes the blue blazes are even painted on boulders that we traverse.
At the falls, and I am now wearing Alan’s red shirt (quick wicking), as my green shirt was just too warm.
Soaking my sore right foot in the cool water below the waterfall.