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08/03/2013
IAT Start

Left Potawotomi Park trailhead at about 6am and are looking for breakfast in Sturgeon Bay soon. Check out my current location on the map.
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4 hours later, we're in Algoma at the Steelhead saloon having cheese curds and onion rings. It's a tough job, but...
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08/04/2013
Algoma to Ellisville

Super day with many miles! Weather continues to be perfect and the trail is smooth and wide. We met many people on the trail and it's fun telling them what we're doing. :-)
This tunnel was on the Kewaunee River Trail. We hiked to Kewaunee and had breakfast at Kunel's Korner. We continued on to Ellisville and are having dinner at the only (and best) place in town. They are happy to have IAT hikers eat and camp out back.
08/05/2013
Mishicot Trail Magic
I traveled about 21 miles today.
After a great night's rest behind Janda's, we were on the trail (road) at 6am. Rain threatened all morning but only succeeded in keeping the temps down for a perfect day of hiking.
Toaday was mostly road walking with a trail stretch through Tisch Mills and Mishicot.
Just as we were entering the new Mishicot segment, a truck stopped and the land owner introduced himself - he had just mowed the trail and was glad to see hikers using it. We thznked him for letting the trail pass through.
Entering Mishicot, we didn't know where we'd stay. I had lost info for my contact here. A vehicle stopped and a lady asked what we were doing. A short talk was followed with an offer to stay with her family. So, here I am, showered, fed, and on a soft bed heading to sleep - ready for another day thanks to more generous WI folks!
08/06/2013
Day 4 - Leaving Mishicot

The short trail through Mishicot included this cool covered bridge that originally led to a brewery across the river. There is also a popular salmon run up to the Mishicot dam from the lake.
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Mosquitos, finally

We have about 11 more miles today - it's a long one!
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08/07/2013
Trail Journal

Camp Rokilio Rox! We hiked here from Manitowoc today on almost all roadwalking. The hike wasn't too exciting but the destination is great! We arrived just at dinner and the staff was very welcoming. They are just starting their last session of Cub World for all cub scouts so the staff should be pretty tired - but you couldn't tell.
We've been given a cabin in which to stay and a scout staffer is driving us back to the trail early tomorrow. Oh, dinner was great too!
After dinner, I was asked to talk to the cubs and I just let them ask me questions for about 5 minutes. It was fun and there were still more hands up when we finished.
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08/08/2013
Early Morning Walk

Today will be short with my mom shuttling us back to Potowatomi to get my vehicle and make plans for the next week or so while staying at my folks'.
Yet another beautiful day walking through the farmland of Wisconsin. A 3mile trail section is ahead and then the long Kettle Moraine forest trails.
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08/09/2013
Racetrack Shortcut

As we approached the Elkhart Lake area, some very loud mosquitos could be heard in the distance. Over the next hour of hiking, it became clear they were racecars at the Elkhart Speedway - amazing how far across the country the sound carries!
After completing the La Budde segment, we altered our roadwalk to the main entrance of the raceway. PapaBear's overwhelming power of suggestion convinced a gate tender to let us visit for free (rather then $30 each) so you can see our route goes right through the facility and out the southern gate. It wound up adding < 1/2 mile. The cars and crews were fun to watch as we strolled through the paddock area. No $3 pepsis for us, though.
We sped through the first 3 miles of the Kettle Moraine forest to meet our ride. Back to Potawatomi for the van and finally to my folks' home around 8:30 for a long day with not many trail miles.
The cars in the pic are Porsches doing practice laps.
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08/10/2013
Kettle Moraine

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