Hey everyone, we're picking up where we left off on our hike from Pittsburgh Trailhead to Bernard Street Parking. We walked over the East St. Joseph River a couple of times and also the Otto drain. Since our hike during Earth month, they have actually added another log here because it was pretty bouncy. And so it is safer now. So if you happen to go there and cross it, you will find that it is much safer. So once we got to the Trailhead marker, we signed our names of course because we're always going to sign our names in the book and take a selfie. We came upon the crossroads and Amy's here is our fun demonstrator of how we use the North Head Trail signs. We come across some crossroads where the Osage trees. And I think that's how you say it. The Osage trees oranges that you're not going to want to eat before we came up into the small town of ASEO with this super cool converted school building. This section of the trail was one of my favorites. It begins at Lacey Street. It is an abandoned rail that is now a nature trail. It's about 0.3 miles. You can see it on the interactive map on the NCT website. And these trees on either side of the pathway or it was just gorgeous to be able to walk between these trees. And I think it's going to be just absolutely gorgeous in the fall. I really enjoyed walking along this pathway. This section is between Lacey Street and Black Bridge Road and ASEO. But then once you come up to Bobbyssey Lake, it's quite open. There's a lot of meadows and cat tails and some beautiful homes that are going to be on the right hand side. And I'm on the left hand side is the lake, of course. And it was just such beautiful quiet respite. And after walking for such a long time from Pittsburgh Trailhead, I really wanted to stop at this point, especially because we came upon this awesome little park with these super cute Malibar and her cobs. And it's super inviting bench that I wanted to just lay on and not finish the trail. But this is a fantastic walk where we ended right here at Bernard Street parking lot. And I can see why it's such a popular trail. A few of us then drove our cars down to Hillsdale to a coffee shop called Rough Draft. I will never forget this name because of my communications background. And had a latte, I had a pothole cookie, of course. And it was just such a cute little coffee shop here in Hillsdale. And if there's an opportunity for me to show a local business, some love, I am definitely going to do it. And that chilote that they made me was super smooth and fantastic. I know that I'll be back again. In my first video, I showed a map on my wall with the trail that I piked so far highlighted in green, but I had a graphic over it. So it was really hard to see. So in this video, I decided not to put a graphic over it so that you can see where we've hiked from Pittsburgh Trailhead to Bernard Street parking lot in Hillsdale. And I also zoomed out even further so that you can see where we started at the Ohio Michigan border. And this is just the Southern Michigan section of the North Country Trail. The next time I hike, I know that we are planning to meet at this awesome NCT kayak camp. They are so generous about allowing people to park here. Like some overnight stays in the back that you can reserve and you can, you also have to reserve the parking, which is what we're going to do. So we will be starting here, staging our cars, and then we will going back to the Bernard Street parking and walking from there to this location. And I'm super excited because I'll be even closer to finishing Hillsdale County. So excited. So I hope you can join me on my next hike when we hike through Jonesville in Hillsdale. And I get closer to finishing the Bob BC Chapter section of the North Country Trail and Hillsdale County. See you next time.