home sweet home
Time can pass quite slowly depending on your circumstances. We’ve been off the CDT for just about a month now. On the trail the weeks passed blissfully slow; and were measured in sunrises and sunsets,...
View ArticleCDT Day 106: headed east
Day 106: mile 1827.3 to Elkhorn Trailhead, 12 miles Total miles: 1610.1 We slept peacefully in the most picturesque camping spot we’ve had all trip. As predicted camping on the grass with no tree...
View ArticleCDT Day 105: the heart of the matter
Day 105: mile 1809.8 to 1827.3, 17.5 miles Total miles: 1598.1 It rained hard overnight, and lightening lit up the sky a few times. The wind picked-up, and I woke up in just enough time to close the...
View ArticleCDT Day 104: mountains at last
Day 104: Big Sandy Lodge to mile 1809.8, 18.7 miles Total miles: 1580.6 The chef at Big Sandy Lodge offered to make us breakfast earlier than the usual 7:30am, as we wanted to get hiking by 6:30am. He...
View ArticleCDT Day 103: Big Sandy
Day 103: mile 1781.9 to Big Sandy Lodge, 12.2 miles Total miles: 1561.9 After two days of thinking we were going to be surrounded by the glorious rugged mountains that make up the Wind River Range, but...
View ArticleCDT Day 102: entering the Winds
Day 102: mile 1762.2 to 1781.9, 19.7 miles Total miles: 1549.7 I woke up looking forward to finally being in the mountains, after a week and a half of being away as we crossed out of Colorado and...
View ArticleCDT Days 100-101: lazy days
Day 100: mile 1732.3 to Atlantic City, 12 miles Day 101: Atlantic City to mile 1762.2, 19.5 miles Total miles: 1530 Condensation is the bane of many a backpacker sleeping in a tent. At best, it’s an...
View ArticleCDT Day 99: last day of the basin
mile 1707.1 to 1732.3: 25.2 miles Total miles: 1498.5 Today was our last full day in the Great Basin, and it was very pleasant. It sprinkled a little overnight, but in the morning our tent was dry. The...
View ArticleCDT Day 98: desert landscapes
Cooks Creek Spring to mile 1707.1: 25.9 miles Total miles: 1473.3 The Great Basin, aka the Red Desert, is full of surprises. Some may find the landscape monotonous, but I’ve found it full of variation....
View ArticleCDT Day 97: hot cheese
Bull Springs to Cooks Creek Spring: 23.9 miles Total miles: 1447.4 Even though we hiked less miles today than we did yesterday, day two of this section felt a little more challenging. For one thing, we...
View ArticleCDT Day 96: The Great Divide Basin
Rawlins to Bull Springs: 28.4 miles Total miles: 1423.5 I woke up to Garrett opening up the curtains in our dark hotel room, and the bright 6AM light filled the room. I went into hiker mode to get...
View ArticleCDT Days 93-95: road walk to Rawlins
Day 93: CDT mile 1563.3 to Miller Hill Road, 28.4 miles Day 94: Miller Hill Road to Rawlins, 17.5 miles Day 95: Rawlins, 0 miles Total miles: 1395.1 Our first night on the trail in Wyoming was a...
View ArticleCDT Day 92: more new things!
Battle Pass to mile 1563.3: 16.8 miles Total miles: 1349.2 I slept in a little in our motel room, finally waking up by 6:30am. There wasn’t any place open for breakfast in town, so I ate my leftover...
View ArticleCDT Day 91: Welcome to Wyoming
mile 1524.1 to Battle Pass: 22.3 miles Total miles: 1332.4 After the rain the night before, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the tent had dried off over night. This dry mountain air is still...
View ArticleCDT Day 90: last day of Colorado
Middle Fork of the Elk River to mile 1524.1: 21.1 miles Total miles: 1310.1 Today was a pretty average day, and average is good! Last week I’d definitely was feeling out of sorts. Everyday it seemed...
View ArticleCDT Day 89: Mt. Zirkel Wilderness
mile 1480.9 to Middle Fork of the Elk River: 22.1 miles Total miles: 1289.1 We both slept well, and woke up energized from our miles the day before. We were on the trail by 6:30am, a full 15 minutes...
View ArticleCDT Day 88: mosquitoes!
Route 40 to mile 1480.9: 20.7 miles Total miles: 1267 I slept better in our hotel room than the night before, which was a relief. It always seems like such a waste of money to have poor sleep in a […]
View ArticleCDT Days 86-87: Steamboat Springs
Day 86: mile 1447.9 to Route 40: 12.3 miles Day 87: zero day in Steamboat Springs Total miles: 1246.3 It’s not a conscious decision on my part, but the morning before we get into a town I always move a...
View ArticleCDT Days 84-85: it’s getting better all the time
Day 84: mile 1403.6 to mile 1423.4, 22 miles Day 85: mile 1423.4 to 1447.9, 24.5 miles Total miles: 1234 For the first time in four days we didn’t see a moose. We did see plenty of mosquitoes and...
View ArticleCDT Days 82-83: all the moose
Day 82: Twin Creek to Grand Lake, 7.8 miles Day 83: Grand Lake to mile 1403.6, 21.4 miles Total miles: 1187.5 After the emotional afternoon and evening the day before, I was ready to put it behind me...
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