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National Trails Days 2009
On The North Country National Scenic
Trail
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The Grand Traverse Hiking Club, one of 40
chapters and affiliates of the North Country
Trail Association, celebrated National Trails
Day 2009 with Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
officially opening a new spur trail linking the
North Country Trail to the cities of Kalkaska
and Traverse City. In a ceremony that also
featured North Country Trail long distance
hikers Joan Young and "Eb" Eberhart, aka
Nimblewill Nomad, the GTHC recognized
partnership efforts by the Kalkaska Area
Recreational Trail and the Traverse Area
Recreational Trail. These organizations along
with GTHC and the NCTA worked together to create
the newly opened spur, which enabled the linking
of all the major trail systems in the area.
Photo: Senator Carl Levin, Joan Young and Eb
Nimblewill Nomad Eberhart cut ribbon on new
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 On
March 22, near
Lake Sakakawea
State Park in central
North Dakota, the Nimblewill
Nomad departed on Odyssey 2009,
a thru-hike o’er the NCT.
Click on
Odyssey 2009
to open the section featuring this
latest trek. There, you’ll find an
overview map of the NCT, along with
additional pages featuring Nomad’s
sponsors, his itinerary, a complete
gear list, journal entries, photos,
and videos. Please check back often
and follow along with the
Nimblewill Nomad on this grand
new adventure. |
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Ten Million Steps:
The Nimblewill Nomad's epic
10-month trek from the Florida Keys
to Quebec
This is a
second edition (528 page,
paperback version) of this book. The
first edition (Year 2000, hardback
version) sold out very quickly and
has only been occasionally available
through the secondary market.
If you missed out the first time,
don't miss your opportunity to own a
copy of this one. The book is
available at
Menasha Ridge Press and
Amazon.com |
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Whether you're visiting
the Nomad's site, or perhaps met up with
him somewhere along the trail, why not take a
moment to sign his guestbook and let him know!
For those of you who may have signed a guestbook
previous to 2005, unfortunately those files
cannot be revived for use on the current site
so, please sign again. Although your e-mail
address will be required to sign, it will not be
publicly displayed on the Internet. To sign,
please click on "Sign Guestbook" in the
navigation bar on the left side of your screen
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"Still round the corner
there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun."
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