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Well SHT...

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It was a plan that was hatched mid-February and after much planning was coming to fruition.   Amy and I were heading to Duluth to meet up with Mark, coming from Iowa.   We were going to hike the Superior Hiking Trail (SHT).   It was the most rugged trail we had hiked.   Planned on 8-10 mile days but the topography changes would test our mettle.   We ate dinner in Duluth after Mark made it, having thought the trip was a week later.   We dropped Mark’s car on the North end and ours at the South end of the route.   We had traveled less the 2 miles after a half day of hiking; we could still see the car.   The scenery was beautiful, but not the large views of the lake that we had expected.   Sonya screwed up her knee on our way to section 13 and before we made it to Sawmill Dome.   Sawmill had beautiful views and we could see the highway below but never seemed to reach it.   This was the way the SHT played tricks, your were never quite d...