Sat, Sept 13: Twelve Mile Beach
After a morning walk, we decided to go to Grand Marais for gas $4.19 gallon!!!! because we needed it in jeep. Ice cream. Cell service. We were not there maybe 1.5 hours. Their gluten free offerings are paltry.
We decided to make another fire after the hostie made us aware that the menonite group left a bunch of firewood. David and like three others were there gathering. I managed to get enough smoke to make a fire with fallen birch bark David gathered. We probably now have enough for two fires...woot, woot.
This campground has the North woods trail going thru it so we see a fair amount of hikers in all shapes, ages, and sizes walking thru. A young woman came back asking where the hostie was and we knew he was out to lunch in Grand Marais but due back soon. Her Brother back home was in need of help so she needed to get back to her car in Muinising falls...roughly 30ish miles away. Knowing that there was no service and not knowing when hostie was coming back and not knowing if/when a ranger would pass by and would they do anything and no radio (hostie has one), David volunteered to take her. She offered money but no way in hell would he take it. So off they went in jeep. David came back about 1.5 hours later as Muinising Falls was not around the corner. I found out the true story when David came back so here it is. Apparently she had prepared somewhat for the trip but not enough. She was holding the group back but had hiked 12 miles yesterday and 8 today...backtracking to get to this campground. She was holding the group back and realized it with a couple more days to go. When she got out of the jeep when david dropped her off at her car she was immediately stiff and sore from sitting for 45 minutes. That tells me a lot because I had the same issue when I biked with david's sisters after giving birth to three children within 18 months (twins) and thought I could pull off a hilly bike ride in Lancaster, PA....immediate sore and stiff when we went to dinner. She could have stayed in the tent pad on our site and caught the shuttle in the morning. She had a six hour ride home but I am guessing she hit up a hotel for a nice warm shower and a nice bed before going home tomorrow. On a positive note, she did like the backpacking but will prepare better for it next time.
We ran the generator today as making brownies ate up solar power...ditto on cookies last week.
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