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Michelle Olsen: NCNST Long Distance Hiker

Michelle Olsen Previously completed North Dakota, Mackinac Bridge, and 1000 miles; now adds Minnesota The highlight of the Minnesota portion of the NCT, for me, was backpacking the wilderness portion of the Border Route Trail. It combined two of my outdoor loves: hiking and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Dave and I aren’t enthusiastic […]

Michelle Olsen: NCT Long Distance Hiker

  Michelle Olsen Evansville, MN Central patch + North Dakota and 1,000-Mile rockers Compiled by Joan Young Mary Oliver, the poet, asked, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” I heard her and replied “I will walk.” And I will live close to life, where in my slow […]