Northville to Silver Lake
Jess
We dawdled to the trailhead – stopping for ice cream, a final meal with Dave’s Mom, and other last-minute provisions. We were looking forward to disappearing into the woods for a couple of weeks, but it was clear we both lacked the spring in our step we had the year before. The Northville-Placid Trail had become an anticipated end-of-summer tradition, but we couldn’t deny reality – it’s a long hike!
It was late afternoon, nearly evening, before we started the 7.5 miles to Silver Lake. Luckily, night hiking was not entirely new to us; this wasn’t the first time we had lingered too long in the daylight hours. The hike itself was uneventful, our headlamps dutifully guiding the way. Just after 9:00 pm we knew we were almost there; low growls and frantic yip yaps rang out from up the trail. The lean-to obviously occupied – by man and by beast – we stumbled to a tent site, dropped our packs, and began to set up camp. Dog still barking, it began to rain.
An auspicious first day, it was not.
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