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Hello friends,

Last week and this week, I am writing to you about a personal challenge that I put on myself to backpack 62 miles of The North Country Trail starting near Iron River, WI and ending near Mellen.

There literally is a ton to write about so I will have to be brief.

Saturday, July 3rd

High 90, low 61

Yesterday I was hiking through The Porcupine Wilderness Area, and I was in an old growth forest and the floor was almost 100-percent ferns. I noticed something about 50-yards ahead o...