July 24, 2024 Les Houches to Les Contamines 13.3 miles Today is the day! We are off to start the TMB and discover what this alpine circuit has in store. After another extravagant RockyPop breakfast, we pack up and walk back down to the main square for photos at the official start sign. There’s another …
July 23, 2024 0 miles hiked (some miles walked) Last night I utterly ceased to exist. My head hit the pillow and that was that until nearly 9:00 this morning. When Grace said she was setting an alarm for 9 last night, I thought to myself, “We don’t need that, we’ll wake up before 9.” …
July 21-22, 2024 0 miles hiked Many miles flown When my friend Grace first asked me last November if I wanted to do the Tour du Mont Blanc this summer, I immediately agreed. She was one of several people who had mentioned something to me about the TMB that year, and it felt like a …
July 15, 2024 Canal Park in Duluth to mile 262.8 4.6 miles hiked Staying in town for one last night means, obviously, that we do not get an early start. For one, it’s Machine’s birthday, and I wake up early and attempt to subtly decorate the room before he wakes up. Back in Two Harbors, …
July 14, 2024 White Pine campsite to Canal Park, Duluth 14.7 miles Town day! Town day! I rally myself out of lethargy as well as I can and get moving. I’m not messing around with the DEET again today. It’s a two-wipe morning. We only have a few miles of real trail left before the …
July 13, 2024 Fox Farm Pond campsite to White Pine campsite 15.9 miles The frogs were singing last night. It was cozy. It’s so much easier to enjoy the nature out here when I’m in my tent away from the bugs. There was also something scuttling around my tent that woke me up. Mouse? Chipmunk? …
July 12, 2024 Stewart River Campsite to Fox Farm Pond Campsite 20 miles In the morning I have a relatively quick coffee and pack up as fast as I can. We have a big day, our first and maybe only 20 miler of the SHT, and it’s time to get to it. The latrine at …
July 11, 2024 Two Harbors to Stewart River Campsite 5.5 miles Town day morning! Guess what I do on this town day morning? If you guessed quiet morning time to drink coffee and write, congratulations! You know me or have been reading this blog for a while. The morning time is less peaceful than it …
July 9, 2024 Blueberry Hill Campsite to Silver Creek Campsite 19.6 miles by SHT Actual miles hiked: ~17.5 I jolt awake with my alarm completely disoriented. I did that thing again last night where I had to pee really bad but just didn’t want to get up so instead I lay there uncomfortable, awake, for …
July 8, 2024 Beaver Bay to Blueberry Hill Campsite 14.7 miles I am determined to have chill morning coffee time in the gorgeous lobby of the lodge, and that’s exactly what I do. It’s quiet as I write and sip my alive juice. I wouldn’t consider myself a morning person, really, because I don’t enjoy …
