North Country Trail

 Recently got back from backpacking a new loop in the Manistee National Forest with my dad. When I was in middle school I went on a few separate occasions but have not been back since. My dad mentioned that the NCT put a new loop on the other side of the river through the forest. We decided to go check it out. The loop is just under 20 miles, we hiked in about 6 miles along the Manistee trail side Thursday afternoon and posted up camp.

  Friday we packed up camp and continued to hike north towards The Upper River Trailhead where we crossed the suspension bridge and headed back south to Eddington Creek. We took a short break, refueled with some snacks and filled up all our water bottles for the last time before going deeper into the woods. We hiked about 9 miles our second day before finding a nice spot to camp.

 

We packed up Saturday morning and headed back to our car just in time before the rain started pouring down. We cut through Ludington on our way home and stopped at Jamesport Brewing Co. for a burger and beer. It was great to get away from the hustle of life, simplify and enjoy some time with my dad.