I walked 55228 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 25 miles today.
After our nice, restful break in Portage, we resupplied with a few more days of food and set out. On fresher legs, we covered the Portage and Marquette Trail segments. Portage was missing a couple key blazes and took us through a pretty cruddy area, but that was just a small bit. The Marquette segment made up for it. An interesting walk along the Fox River with 21 little bridges and lots of opportunity to view birds, frogs, turtles, and deerstands - but no deer.
The weather makes a big impact on the fun level of a hike but so does the time of day. We hit this section in the evening - dry and cool. In the morning, our feet would be soaked and in midday we'd be sweating away.
So far, it looks like our decision to wait out the heat for a week was good. There have been few bugs and much nicer hiking conditions. Lots of dew today and probably tomorrow morning, but tenting under a tree will hopefully help - I'll know tomorrow.