Elizabeth Root Wisconsin + 2000 Miles (Previously received the central patch + Michigan, Pennsylvania, Mackinac Bridge, and 1000 Miles.) May 2025 Been busy now hiking in Ohio. Going to New York in July for some miles around Ithaca – my husband grew up in Greene, NY. Hopefully there will not be any storms like there […]
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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 […]
Laura Brandon: NCNST Long Distance Hiker
Laura Brandon Mackinac Bridge (Previously received the central patch + Michigan and 1000 Miles.) My husband Andy and I completed the Mackinac Bridge Walk on September 4, 2023 – Labor Day. We walked from one end of the bridge to the other with the People’s Water Board Coalition, as a call to shut down the […]


