Author Archives: Deserrae Potts

Miles Hiked: 28.5 Total Milage: 1928.8 Today I was really looking forward to seeing my friend Cocoa on trail! I hiked a little bit of the AT with her in 2019. I sent her an inreach message last night and found out that we camped 20 miles apart from each other. The day started outContinueContinue reading “Day 113: AT Class of 2019/ Rock Spring”

Miles Hiked: 28.2 Total Milage: 1900 **To be completely honest I’m writing this blog post and the next two almost a week after this day. I was so tired during this stretch I totally neglected to write my blog and the days all feel like a complete blur. I’m recalling from memory as best IContinueContinue reading “Day 112: Red Rock Pass”

Miles Hiked: 15 Total Milage: 1846.3 This morning I woke up to an easy day to get to town. Even though it was easy I still took my time because I was so sore. 2 miles in to the day I crossed the Montana border. I will be walking along the Montana Idaho border forContinueContinue reading “Day 110: West Yellowstone”

Miles Hiked: 26.3 Total Milage: 1831.3 This morning I woke up at Summit Lake. My feet have started to hurt so I made sure to take my time doing stretches this morning. They were so painful it was a little alarming. All the muscles in my legs feels so tight. I packed up camp andContinueContinue reading “Day 109: Idaho!”

Miles Hiked: 20.1 Total Milage: 1778.5 Today I woke up a little earlier than the past few days. It was a cold morning. I packed up my things and hiked out of camp in my hoodie dress and my puffy jacket with my hands in my pockets because they were so freezing. I may pickContinueContinue reading “Day 107: Yellowstone National Park Day 2: Grant Village”

Miles Hiked: 20.9 Total Milage: 1758.4 Today I didn’t leave camp until almost 7am which feels so late compared to our normal early morning start. Since we only have to hike about 20 miles I wasn’t as concerned about getting that early of a start. I was also feeling very exhausted from yesterday still. IContinueContinue reading “Day 106: Yellowstone National Park Day 1 … Heart Lake”

Miles Hiked: 21.8 Total Milage: 1737.5 I didn’t set an alarm today but I woke up around 6am. 12 pack and I left camp together a little before 7am. The first two miles were through a field of flowers and lots of dead burned trees. 12 pack was in front of me when I sawContinueContinue reading “Day 105: Grizzly Glimpse”

Miles Hiked: 26.5 Total Milage: 1805 This morning 12 pack and I left camp earlier than any other day in a while. We were on a mission to get to Old Faithful village and hang out there as long as we could. We had 26 miles to hike today and 10 of them were afterContinueContinue reading “Day 108: Yellowstone National Park Day 3… Old Faithful Village”

Miles Hiked: 21.1 Total Milage: 1715.7 Today my family dropped 12 pack and I off on the trail around 7am. It was a cold morning. We started the hike by going uphill through a bunch of wet grass. My feet were immediately soaked and my pack get so heavy so I was moving slow. WeContinueContinue reading “Day 104: Entering the horse highway”

Miles Hiked: 0 Total Milage: 1694.6 Today I took a zero to spend some time hanging out with my family. It was totally unplanned and unexpected but I’m so happy I did it! The first thing I did in the most was try to get ahold of Yellow Stone National Park to change our permits.ContinueContinue reading “Day 103: A Zero in the Tetons”

Miles Hiked: 14.5 Total Milage: 1694.6 This morning I woke up around 5am very eager to get to town. Last night I got some amazing sleep a rest. I think I had about 12 hours total off of my feet! I got all my things out of the bear box and made my morning proteinContinueContinue reading “Day 102: Lava Mountain Lodge”

Miles Hiked: 21.5 Total Milage: 1680.1 I didn’t sleep at all last night. Even after hiking 30 miles I couldn’t bring myself to close my eyes and relax. I got out of my tent around 5:30am. We had a short day ahead of us but I still wanted to get a relatively early start justContinueContinue reading “Day 101: Tapering in to Town”