Book Review: Thru-Hike The Superior Trail

by Annie Nelson 

Reviewed by Reference Librarian, Susan Herrick

This is so much more than a how-to hiking manual. Nelson writes with candor and a sense of fun. She laughs with joy over a hot shower and makes you shiver with her descriptions of her no longer waterproof rain gear during a rain storm. Included are trail mileage and descriptions, transportation to and from the trail, and how to outsmart critters. A great chapter on cell phone coverage and navigation is included.

Trips to Lake Superior north shore are a destination vacation for Midwesterners, and this is your field guide. Every small town bakery between Duluth and the Canadian border is listed, and no out-of-the-way coffee shops are missed. There are lists of wonderful lodges, as well as motels, hostels, and camp grounds, which is nice to know if you’re on the budget tour. You don’t have to be a thru-hiker or a weekend warrior to enjoy this book.

If you’d like to check this out from the library, you can place a hold here: https://bit.ly/3uIcSPk