For extensive backpacking and camping, a great resource is the Superior Hiking Trail Association which is based out of Two Harbors. They created and maintain the Superior Hiking Trail -- a 200+ mile foot trail through the North Shore forests and over its many rivers. Although we may take this trail for granted because it is in our back yard, the Superior Hiking Trail has received national attention as one of the ten best hiking trails in America according to Backpacker magazine.
In June 2006, the day after school was out, my 11-year-old daughter, me, and three other sets of moms and daughters headed out with a friend and guide from Wilderness Inquiry to do a four-day backpacking trip on the Superior Trail. All of us carried frame-style backpacks loaded with our stuff, bear-safe barrels for the food, camping gear, and tents. We set-up camp every evening and broke it down every morning to keep moving along a 24-mile stretch from the town of Finland to the end of the Cascade River.
Through singing many songs, telling stories, and eating much chocolate, we encouraged each other through the physically and sometimes mentally challenging terrain. As my daughter said afterwards, "That was the hardest and best thing I've ever done!" Ditto!!
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Great blog, Polly - I can tell you've spent time polishing this, it's beautiful. Thanks for putting our hike in!
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