Summer Work on the North Country Trail

It's time for summer trail maintenance on the North Country Trail (NCT). Andy and I maintain a section between 13 Mile road (Cleveland Drive) and 16 Mile Road in Newago County. The section also includes the side trail to Highbanks Lake Campground. All told the section is easily 6.5 miles long. This year we hoped to do a lot of re-blazing. Circumstances would rather dramatically affect our plans. Trail maintenance can be saticefying but it can be hard work too.  Learn more about the North Country Trail at their website northcountrytrail.org. Andy and I are part of the Western Michigan chapter. Get a visual sense of what things can be like from this short video on youtube (https://youtu.be/7iNYXnHSGnw)