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Mark Tangen: NCNST Long Distance Hiker

Mark Tangen Central patch + Michigan, Mackinac Bridge, and 1000 Miles My wife, Sonya, and I discovered the North Country National Scenic Trail while exercise walking the White Pine Trail from our apartment in downtown Grand Rapids (Michigan). While we previously owned a house in Middleville less than a half mile from the North Country […]

Upper Peninsula Boardwalk Build

Upper Peninsula Boardwalk Build Within every North Country Trail project is a complex web of logistics and coordinating all the moving parts is a heavy lift. Slogging through knee-deep water and sticky mud aren’t the premier hiking experience the NCTA pledges to provide. Volunteers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula needed a sustainable solution on a trail […]

Merri Carol Wozniak: NCNST Long Distance Hiker

Merri Carol Wozniak 2000 Miles (Previously received the central patch + Michigan, Wisconsin, Mackinac Bridge, and 1000 Miles.) Somewhere in my Ohio/Pennsylvania hike last October and November, I reached 2000 miles of hiking. Enjoyed immensely staying at Papa Z’s parking lot/campground. I was the only person there. Carol Wright (Wampum Chapter) was so instrumental in […]

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