I'm working on color coding the Miscellaneous State Forest Lands of Minnesota along the North Country Trail independence, that that which is concurrent with the Kekekabic, Border Route and Superior Hiking Trails. Mapping for me is very isolating. My people skills start going out the window the more that I do this. And with color coding those these miscellaneous lands, it's getting tedious and it's accumulative.
I discovered that my polygon for Superior National Forest surface properties was not displaying correctly and I had to reload it. But that was after I started the I's and O's. Right now, I have Superior's trails and roads loaded and I'm using them to determine if Minnesota's miscellaneous forest state lands are accessible. If they're not, those polygons are being coded red. I'd say that at this point, most of them will be. But the rest that remain green will maximize the dispersed camping opportunities, which is the goal.
Minnesota is the last state that I need to do the I's and O's to. The next step is to correct my merged tracks with the latest NCTA data. Then I should be on to the mile markers after that. Once the mile markers are in, I can write the mock hike written simulation and detail either an average hiker's days, or determine what it really takes to thru hike the trail end to end within the window of time alloted.
This is the adventure and volunteerism log for Matthew Dexter Edmonds, aka "Treeman." Aside from Blogger comments, contact information is listed on Google+. And all places mentioned in this log are in the State of Ohio in United States of America unless otherwise stated. "The Wayne" = the Wayne NF.
Also, the motorhome mentioned is a 25ft, 1988 Itasca Sundancer, Model IF424RC with a Ford Econoline cutaway unless otherwise stated. It runs a 351 Windsor EFI V8 engine.
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