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IAT Thru Hike

John Bauer and Bill Rhodes - 2006 Ice Age Trail Thru Hike Journal

2006-06-20 / Tuesday

What a feast!

Hi All, 

I picked John up at the trailhead on the north end of Pike Lake State Park.  The look on a thru hikers face when picked up is amazing, it’s a look of true appreciation and that’s worth a million bucks to me.  As I was getting out of the van Rod an MSC crew leader pulled up to say hello and to see how Jon was doing.  I offered John a beer and he snapped it up, drank it and it never had time to get warm.  We then drove over to Mike Wollmer’s place for a feast and John was going to spend the night there, Mike would return him to the trail in the morning.   Mike made a feast fit for a king (and queen, except there wasn’t any around), we had chicken, dumplings, potatoes, and gravy followed by an excellent pie (not as good as Barbara’s, hers are the best!).   Mike is an outstanding gourmet cook!   Thank you Mike!  We talked a bit, got John re-supplied, down loaded his pics to my laptop, and John made a log entry.  John’s log and pics have been posted to www.iceagetrailmsc.org .  Go check the pics out, like usual they are fantastic! 

Happy Trails,

"Biscuit"