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2009 Spring Saturday Hike -- Manistee National Forest

CONFIRMED HIKE:
Saturday, April 25 -- NCT: Bowman Lake Trailhead

Three of us ventured out early Saturday to this trail which was about 1.5 hours North of Grand Rapids. The temps were warm, skies were gray. A half hour into the hike it started to drizzle and then the heavens opened up. We all got soaked. Since the air was warm we continued hiking. There was a little bit of thunder and a few scary cracks of lightening. We still continued hiking. An hour later we were hiking in a steady drizzle and we decided to head back. Good thing we did because another torrential downpour came upon us soon after we got back to the car. Despite the rain, we managed to get in approx. 11 miles and I think everyone had a good time. On the ride home we cranked the heat, drank coffee and rehashed what we had seen on the hike. Good times!

Pictures from hike:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=105124&id=550722462&l=0c98b8eac6
Happily may I walk.
May it be beautiful before me.
May it be beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.
In beauty is it finished.

~Anonymous, Navajo Night Chant

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