Michigan Bluff to Deadwood

From Michigan Bluff 2007

On our sixth backpacking trip last year (October 27-28, 2007), Michael and I hiked the Michigan Bluff to Deadwood trail. It's a portion of the Western States 100-mile ultra-marathon, and it's on the National Register of Historic Places. The trail was built in the early 1850's to serve the gold rush, and it remains much the same today. We camped in a beautiful spot along the Eldorado Creek, and we hiked a little further along the trail toward Deadwood. We found the remains of an old miner's cabin near the creek, and we found a huge nest of lady bugs!

From Michigan Bluff 2007

It's beautiful country, and as you can see in the above photo, the leaves were showing some autumn colors. This was supposed to be our last trip of the season before the rains came, but we managed to get in one more trip two weeks later...