North Country Trail - Nichols Lake to Bowman Lake - April 2010

We started hiking at Nichols Lake North. We hiked past Leaf Lake, Condon Lake, Sawkaw Lake and Highbank Lake. The leaves were not on the trees yet, so we had a good view of lakes. Highbank Lake we viewed from a high bank as name suggests. We camped near 16 mile Rd. The next morning we hiked north again. We passed many marshes. I assume these marshes would be great for bird watching. Walked through Sterling Marsh. There were NCT trail workers here building a boardwalk over some of the very swampy areas. Ended hike at Bowman Lake Trailhead. Nice hike! Except for the trail workers we had the whole 17 mile trail to ourselves!