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May 20, 2024 - Northern Terminus at Latchford
We got up at first light and hit the trail for 06:30. A fairly flat but scenic walk along some nice lookouts over Bay
Lake, the TCH, and railway had us stopping briefly for a few pictures. Deb texted Murray
as we crossed Roosevelt Road,
indicating that we would be at the trailhead in another hour and a half or so. At 09:00 Murray greeted us at the OTHT
Latchford trailhead, having arrived just a few minutes before.
Quick rest above Bay Lake
Northern terminus
The next couple hours was spent chin wagging with Murray as he brought us back to Deb's truck on Rabbit Lake Bush road.
It was a true pleasure listening to his stories of epic hiking and canoe trips, and the challenges of maintaining
the OTHT. Back at Deb's truck we loaded the gear and hit the road. Almost immediately a clanging noise caused us to
stop and check underneath the vehicle and we found the exhaust pipe dragging in the gravel. Not having any wire,
we used a bungee cord to secure it, hoping it
would last at least until we got back to the highway. It probably was only a few minutes until the bungee was a
melted pile of stringy rubber, but we ran across some friendly
campers who had a spare coat hanger which I used to jerry rig the pipe back in place. This "fix" lasted until
Pembroke, where
the other end of the pipe decided to separate from the vehicle as well. At this point we just removed it entirely and
simply drove the rest of the way home with the music turned up a touch louder.
The remains of Deb's exhaust system
Hike Time: 2.5 hours
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