Each October we drive up to the North Shore of Lake Superior to hike sections of the Superior Hiking Trail.
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| Walk to breakfast, Bluefin Bay Resort. |
We had a rhythm to each day: we fortified ourselves with a cooked breakfast, then hit a trail. Some days we did an in and out originating at our lodge. Other times, Han, a guide and hiking enthusiast at Bluefin Bay Resort, would drive us to a trailhead so we could hike one-way.
Early in each hike, more often than not, we walked upstream beside a boiling river.
Most of each day’s hike was in forest. My thoughts tended to drift away, while Dwight would notice the small stuff like a mossy log, or patterns in birch bark.
Each day brought special sights. On this day we walked past a beaver lodge in a pond the beavers had created.
The ridge trails would suddenly open up and we would catch a glimpse of a lake with an island, or back country, or Lake Superior standing in for the ocean.
Our hikes typically ended as they had begun: at a roaring river. Time to get back to the lodge for beer, dinner, and an extremely early night.
