We met Steady Eddy on the trail this morning. He's a fellow Minnesotan and is hiking pieces of the trail alone. Great guy and fun to hike with for about an hour.
Eddy also taught me an important lesson today - Visually Verify! We reached a spot that Eddy said was Burma Road and he had hiked from the other direction to that point the previous day. I took his word and headed down the path with Papa Bear in the direction he indicated. Well, after much longer than expected without seeing any blazes, we finally turned around and retraced our steps.
It wasn't Burma Road! A sign had fallen in the grass and it pointed the other direction. OOPS! So, a 90minute detour which you can see on my map - Check out my current location on the map.
A lesson well learned to check location and direction all the time.