Miles Hiked: 20.5 Total Milage: 887.1 Location: Wyoming/ Colorado State Border This morning I woke up around 6am to start getting my things packed up. Ari drove us back to the trail and we got there at 7am. Soars and Flash didn’t come along because Soars stepped on a tent stake last night and itContinueContinue reading “Day 56: Colorado Border Round 2!”
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Day 55: Encampment, Wyoming
Miles Hiked: 11.4 Total Milage: 866.6 Location: Lazy Acres Campground, Encampment Wyoming Last night I didn’t sleep well at all. I haven’t been sleeping well for the past three nights which is really frustrating for me. I planned to wake up at 5:30 am but since I was already awake, I made some hot chaiContinueContinue reading “Day 55: Encampment, Wyoming”
Day 54: Complete Exposure and Koolaid Snowballs
Miles Hiked: 26.4 Total Milage: 855.2 Location: Creek/ Deep Jack Trailhead This morning I woke up with dew all over all of my things. This means I’ll have to not forget to dry out my sleeping bag and puffy jacket at lunch. Luckily I woke up around 5:30 without an alarm. I didn’t end upContinueContinue reading “Day 54: Complete Exposure and Koolaid Snowballs”
Day 53: Crawfish party in Muddy Creek
Miles Hiked: 20.3 Total Milage: 828.8 Location: Fenced Spring This morning I slept in with everyone else because I was so tired. I didn’t sleep well at all last night. I absolutely hate getting a late start to the day. It makes the day feel so much longer and I feel like I hike aContinueContinue reading “Day 53: Crawfish party in Muddy Creek”
Day 52
Miles Hiked: 18.5 Total Milage: 808.5 Location: SOBO mile 1395 Today I slept in until 8am. Usually it’s hard for me to do this, so I was very happy! Once everyone was awake we l packed our bags to hit the trail. Before leaving, I picked up an iced coffee at McDonalds and my friendsContinueContinue reading “Day 52”
Day 51: Memorial Day on the side of a highway
Miles Hiked: 13 Total: 790 Location: Rawlins, Wyoming This morning I woke up early and got a breakfast burrito from Taco John’s right next to our hotel. Once everyone else was awake 12 pack and I made some cardboard signs for our road walk on the side of the highway. We needed one for hitchingContinueContinue reading “Day 51: Memorial Day on the side of a highway”
Day 50: Day 50!
Miles Hiked: 27 Total Milage: 777 Location: Rawlins, Wyoming Today 12 pack and I woke up to clouds of fog rolling over our camping spots. I was really hoping it wouldn’t rain last night because I couldn’t set up my tent. I slept in until 7:30ish and we started hiking around 8 which is prettyContinueContinue reading “Day 50: Day 50!”
Day 49: A and M Reservoir
Miles Hiked: 24.4 Total Milage: 750 Location: SOBO mile 1335.6 Today I woke up feeling slightly recovered from the long day yesterday. I think stretching and taking ibuprofen last night helped a lot. 12 pack and I started the day around 6:30am. First we descended off the high area we were camping in last night.ContinueContinue reading “Day 49: A and M Reservoir”
Day 48: Wildlife Galore
Miles Hiked: 26.5 Total Milage: 725.6 Location: SOBO mile 311.2 So last night I realized that I forgot to charge my power banks while I was in the last town. I now have to be careful about conserving battery until we get to town because I really need my phone for maps and I reallyContinueContinue reading “Day 48: Wildlife Galore”
Day 47: Weasel Spring
Miles Hiked: 30.4 Total Milage: 699.1 Location: Weasel Spring Last night I slept great however I still felt extremely tired when I woke up at 5:15 am. Besides a cow waking me up by mooing very loudly around 2am, I think I got about 8 hours of sleep. 12 pack and I started hiking justContinueContinue reading “Day 47: Weasel Spring”
Day 46: Wyoming
Miles Hiked: 1.2 Total Milage: 668.7 Location: Mile 1254.2 (SOBO) Today we (Itchy, 12 Pack, and myself) woke up at Revolts house. We enjoyed some morning coffee with him and Julie before hitting the road for a 9.5 hour drive. We were able to make the drive in 9.5 hours even with stopping to grabContinueContinue reading “Day 46: Wyoming”
Day 45: Revolt to the rescue yet again
Miles Hiked: 0 Total Milage: 667.5 *** I didn’t count any of the miles I did north of Cumbres Pass*** Location: Pagosa Springs Today 12 pack and I woke up and started hiking by 6:30am. I was anxious to get to town and start the process of getting to Wyoming as fast as I can.ContinueContinue reading “Day 45: Revolt to the rescue yet again”
Day 44: One step forward, two steps back
Miles Hiked: 6 This morning 12 pack and I woke up at 3am. I didn’t sleep super well last night because I was so nervous about today. It was cold this morning but not as bad as I expected it to be, having the winter gear to handle it really helps. We collected water fromContinueContinue reading “Day 44: One step forward, two steps back”
Day 43: 5 miles in
Miles Hiked: 5 Today I woke up and walked around the Rio Chama behind our hotel with Rockslide. I then took one last hot bath and shower before getting my pack ready to go. I said goodbye to Jenga and Free Fall before I got in the car with 12 Pack and Rockslide to goContinueContinue reading “Day 43: 5 miles in”
Day 42: Another Zero in Chama
Miles Hiked: 0 Total Milage: 667.5 Location: Elk Horn Lodge, Chama NM I had a great zero day hanging out with Rockslide, 12 Pack, Jenga, and Free Fall. I started the day by doing my town chores which included laundry, resupplying, and finding a few more pieces of gear I will need to get throughContinueContinue reading “Day 42: Another Zero in Chama”
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