Write-up: Deb Roberts
Leader: Deb Roberts
Co-Leader: Meg Higgerson

UNBELIEVEABLE!!!! It’s springtime in the north country and you know what that means….bug spray or nets!!
The weather was hot as 15 hikers tramped through the woods, BUT the black flies were few and far between!!!! It was great!

We traversed 8 plus miles in a little over 4 hours, passing by 3
lakes, and 2 groups of mountain-bikers. camp-sites, a lean-to, and
remnants of an iron oxide mine. Although a few people tripped up,
there was no major injury…. next time I should remember to pack an icepack.

Chloe came upon an enormous snake, okay, that’s a slight
exaggeration….but it was aggressive for all 18 inches!!!
We ate lunch on the beaver dam at Murphy Lake with a breeze coming off the water to cool us.

The weather prediction threatened an isolated thunderstorm, but we
lucked out….and hopefully we didn’t scare away 3 new hikers!!
Oh yeah…. the last third WAS TRULY ALL DOWNHILL!!!!