Walkindude is coming to Michigan

“.......we might be better off staying at Graves Crossing, which is west of Alba and puts right on the road to get to Charlevoix, which is state route 66. You can see where the campground is located on the Jordan River map. It's on the River, just north of where will be camping on Saturday night.”

“Anybody recommend any good guide books or maps for this place?

I don't trust my truck so I may rent a car or fly up.”

“If you decide to fly, I'm 5 miles from MBS airport (Midland, Bay City, Saginaw)”

“WD -

At the NCT Trail store online(www.northcountrytrail.org), you can pick up:

the Hutchins' Guides to Certified Sections of the NCT. Never read it, just came up on the search.

Michigan Mapsets by Arden Johnson -with this you will need two map sets.

First, M115 W of Mesick to M32 W of US131, Wexford- Charlevoix Counties

the second, M32 W of US131 through Macinaw City, Charlevoix- Emmet Counties

I'll be placing an order on Friday for these same map sets. If you want I could share with everyone once I get them in.

If you could pick up a book - Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer, by DeLorme, it would help you out a lot in the state. I don't ever leave home without mine in the car! I would only buy if you were going to drive through a lot of the state.

www.map-quest.com has some info on how to get here. As it was mentioned earlier in the thread, you could fly in to (Flint?) Bishop, or, is there anyway you could find a flight into Traverse City? That would put you about an hour and a half from our Thursday night camp spot!”

“So how many people are going to be going so far?

8D”

“He posted while I was putting mine together. Funny how information can go out of date, even when you're writing it??

His idea would be great. You would have to worry 'bout renting....”

“evergreen
CMB
laqtis
dhutch
walkindude
smileygirl
Sass
birch
tarabull
Islandgirl
le Subtil = 11 people

Maybes (I don't have any new information on these people, I just seem to remember they mentioned interest a while back):

cow patty
Adventuregirl
Buddha Bear
Max
Reformed Lurker
coyote13 = 6”

“Good turnout so far by the way what is the name of the street off Michigan-131 where the Warner Creek Pathway trailhead is?

And is that where we are all going to meet?

8D”

“CMB - That's M 32, I believe. You head west on it and the Warner Creeck Pathway trailhead should be on the left.

I don't know if it's for sure, but Graves Crossing, I would say, would be the best spot to camp Thursday night and meet Friday morning people, if there are any. It's in real short distance to when we need to be.

11 people - Yeah, it's a good turn out!”

“Cool thank you for the info!

8D”

“Walking Dude...would it be an idea if you car pool with me??? think about it”

“I'm still hoping to come. If someone is available to watch my kids, I'll be there. I won't be able to let you know until it gets closer.”

“This is going to be a great trip!

8D”

“.....Sunshine is down as a maybe.

BTW, Sunshine - have you checked your email?”

“laqtis: I have all of those maps. Just to warn ya, they're hand drawn maps. Also, they were all published in 1996, and there has been a lot of changes to the trail since then. If you'd like I could e ya a sample page just so you can see what you'd be getting before buying.

Wish I could join in on this one, but I'll be playing out east at that time.”

“Awe come on Sunny. Your kids are old enough to take care of theirselves.
*jest kiddin*



Hope you can make it!”

“gforce -

That would be great. Email: rderminer@hotmail.com

I have a feeling that the "Wes Boyd" info and maps might be fine. That what I've been using to this point.”

“Add Shane to the list if a dog is welcome. We'll head up very early Friday morning so to be there by around 8. But if it would help any out of towners, I could wait and carpool or do airport pick up. I'm 30 minutes far from Detroit Metro. Just have to ask.

Q - I checked my maps and if you're talking about Fisherman Island Park near Charlevoix for the big lake visit, it looks ideal. We could coordinate a cooler full of lunch for the beach and take the hike or just play. This is going to be "funtastic"”

“Cool, thanks for the help for the out of towners.

Fisherman's Island is the one I was talking about. Really, I'd be up for anything that day. I'll go with the "pack".”

“Max is most likely not coming on this trip.

I may, however, bring my dad again.”

“I promise not to lose the morel stick again. In fact, I won't even touch it! :)”

“When is this??”

“Oct 11/12/13, with some people meeting at the Campground (Graves Crossing?) Thursday night.”

“dhutch1, I may take you up on your offer of a ride/carpool, depending on when I can get out of here and everyone else leaves town. i'm pretty close to you (just east).”

“smiley girl
Just let me know. I could email you my phone number or email addresses so that you could contact me up to the last minute if need be.”

“I am officially out of this one. It seems one of the major downfalls af my dream job is I am busy most weekends. Oh well Hakuna Matada”

“Sorry you won't be able to make it A.G.
This is shaping up to be a pretty good trip!”

“I'm sorry your not gonna be there, AG. We'll miss you.

This is it so far, I think. Who am I missing??
evergreen
CMB
laqtis
dhutch
walkindude
smileygirl
Sass
birch = 11 people / 1 pooch
tarabull
Islandgirl
le Subtil

Maybes (I don't have any new information on these people, I just seem to remember they mentioned interest a while back):

cow patty

Buddha Bear (didn't he mention he was bring a friend?)

Reformed Lurker

coyote13

Dad Tarabull

Sunshine

trailbpacker??? :)

studio54??

baume66? he posted early in the thread.

Tarabull: Didn't your Dad get a trail name last year at Jordan??

It's still kinda early.

I heard mention on another thread that jerbear might try to make it.

Any other outta towners?? Where are you pekka??


gforce: Thanks for the info! I'm printing it off rightnow to look at.”

“Possible.”

“Yo bear come on dude please come out and play with us!

This is going to be a great trip!

8D”

“I know Buddha is planning to come, don't know about his friend, though.

What about you, Cow Patty? And what happened to the Lurker? Is he busy back in school?”

“Q - I have a Jordan River map laying around here somewhere. Are you thinking my dad may have a different map?

We'll have to come up w/ a name for him so he doesn't become known as a "tarabull dad". He's a great dad, I swear!!! :-)”

“Your Dad IS great. Had a great time with him last year. Looking forward to seeing him again.

I can bring maps. Speaking of, gforce emailed me some info last night. I can pass them along if anyone wants. Just email me and at no extra charge, you'll receive this handy, dandy trail map of the Jordan River Pathway...... (cue crowd noise) oooooooooohhhhh aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh”

“Check yer e-mail, Q!”

“Hey, Smiley, it would be great to see everyone again and that 2nd weekend won't work out for me. I have yet to figure out how to be in two places at once, and the New England trip dates had already been set.

Fisherman's Island S.P. is a nice choice for 'seeing a Great Lake' and I think y'all will like it there.”

“So its the 11-13 what trailhead are we going to meet at and what time so I know everything that I need to know.

8)”

“If this is the trip planned for October up north....Would someone be so kind as to list ALL the details? I'd love it if I could join you all! Is this the one I heard is involving the Jordan River Trail???”

“We'll have details... Patience :-)

So far, the plan is to hike Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We'll hike the NCT around the Jordan River area.

Specific trailhead and time will be determined shortly.

We promise to keep you posted!! Just mark the calendar.”

“Good deal!

8)”

“so, crazy mike. does that mean your calendar has been marked? i'm really looking forward to meeting you!”

“YES I AM ALL FOR THIS TRIP.”

“YES I AM ALL FOR THIS TRIP.”

“8)”

“you can set the amount of day you can view at the top of the thread. Change the dates to the last month and you will see all of the info up to this point.

What I'd like to do is get everyone to note when they are planning to come up.

Thursday people will be meeting at Graves Crossing.

Friday morning people will be meetng at Warner Creek Pathway Trailhead

Saturday morning people will be meeting at Deadman's Overlook Trailhead.

Sound Off! Whose coming, when??”

“coyote 13 - I will be emailing that list to you tomorrow and my offer still stands to you (or anyone else for that matter) for transportation for this trip.

Carpooling - I have a van tha I could help with carpooling, but I will be leaving to meet up on Thursday. Let me know if you are interested.”

“Warner Creek Pathway Trailhead for me and Evergreen!

8)”

“Just sent you an email.......and yes, I'd appreciate the list too!

:-)”

“c13 - Just relpied.

Everyone: The trip is from Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 13th.”

“Don't know and won't know until I find out when I'm going back to work. Most likely we'll be Saturday am people due to one small child, who's just not quite ready to take care of herself. Maybe Friday night...I bet we could find you all on the trail. I think the earliest we'll be able to get away is around 1pm on Friday.”

“I hope to leave Friday am and get there in the afternoon, if I can go. Worst case scenerio would be that I would arrive in the weeeee hours of Saturday morning.”