Author Archives: Deserrae Potts

Miles Hiked: 25.7 Total Milage: 2377.2 Today I woke up around 6:30 and left camp by 7am. It was a really cold morning. I hiked three miles to the next water source that was way off the trail. I spent about twenty minutes filtering water. It was a good break. I continued to walk onContinueContinue reading “Day 138: Zoning Out”

Miles Hiked: 15.3 Total Milage: 2351.5 Today I got out of bed around 7:30am when some other hikers knocked on the door to ask us if we wanted to get breakfast. I was so excited to go back to Lambkin’s and get the cinnamon roll French toast for a second time. It was absolutely deliciousContinueContinue reading “Day 137: Lewis and Clark Pass”

Miles Hiked: 0 Total Milage: 2336.2 Today I woke up at 6am. Last night I was pretty cold. I’m so glad I have such a good sleeping bag. I easily get very cold and last night my sleeping bag completely frosted over. I think I might have had to get up and start hiking ifContinueContinue reading “Day 136 : Lincoln, MT”

Miles Hiked: 26 Total Milage: 2336.2 This morning I woke up around 5am. I could see the sunrise from my cowboy camp and it was so pretty. It was freezing cold and all of my stuff was wet with Dew. My right knee was still swollen and hurting. I decided to stay in my sleepingContinueContinue reading “Day 135: Falling in Love with the ULA circuit”

Miles Hiked: 19.5 Total Milage: 2310.2 This morning I woke up a little later than usual. My tent was wet but not too bad considering how much it rained and stormed last night. It was a cold morning as I packed up all my things and hit the trail. I was hiking before 7am. IContinueContinue reading “Day 134: High Divide Outfitters”

Miles Hiked: 19 Total Milage: 2290.7 Today I woke up around 6am at the hotel. I went to get a bagel and some tea down the street before taking one last bath. 12 pack and I planned on leaving town with Melon today but I didn’t hear from him all morning. By 10am I finallyContinueContinue reading “Day 133: Big storms leaving Helena”

Miles Hiked: 0 Total Milage: 2271.7 I planned on leaving town today but the weather looked bad so we decided to stay another day. Also Melon planned on hiking out with us tomorrow so that was another reason to stay. My body needed the extra rest day really bad. My back was hurting and IContinueContinue reading “Day 132: A Zero in Helena”

Miles Hiked: 18.3 Total Milage: 2271.7 Today I woke up to a chilly morning. My tent was still wet but I’m happy that it didn’t rain overnight. 12 pack and I were going to start packing up at 5am but he had a headache so we waited another hour. I was glad because I hadContinueContinue reading “Day 131: MacDonald Pass”

Miles Hiked: 24.5 Total Milage: 2253.4 I woke up to small puddles of water all over the floor of my tent. Last night it thunder stormed and rained for hours. I laid awake scared as blinding lightning flashes struck all around my tent and thunder boomed so loud it felt like the ground was shaking.ContinueContinue reading “Day 130: Cold and wet”

Miles Hiked: 26.7 Total Milage: 2228.9 This morning I woke up in the hotel feeling rested but I did not want to leave the bed. It was so comfy after not sleeping in a bed for so long. We had a ride back to the trail scheduled for 9am so I had some motivation toContinueContinue reading “Day 129: Champion Pass”

Miles Hiked: 6.5 Total Milage: 2202.2 This morning 12 pack and I woke up very early. We wanted to get to the road before the other hikers we saw yesterday so there were not 5 people trying to hitch at once. The more people, the less likely we are to get picked up. It wasContinueContinue reading “Day 127: Arriving in Butte”

Miles Hiked: 22.3 Total Milage: 2195.7 Today I took my sweet sweet time leaving camp. I didn’t get up until 7am. 12 pack left way before me while I took my time stretching. I was in no hurry at all today. Since we crushed miles the last two days we only planned to hike 22ContinueContinue reading “Day 126: The smoke comes rolling in”

Miles Hiked: 28.1 Total Milage: 2173.4 Yesterday I looked ahead at water sources and realized that we have a very dry stretch ahead of us. Almost all the water sources have dried up and the ones that haven’t are questionable. I noticed some Guthook comments about a water cache that seems to be empty now.ContinueContinue reading “Day 125: Love from Butte”

Miles Hiked: 31.8 Total Milage: 2145.3 Today I woke up early around 5am. My stomach was bothering me first thing in the morning and I knew we had to hike 30 miles today. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it because I was feeling so bad. Luckily after I got through theContinueContinue reading “Day 124: Feeling Good?”