Daily Miles: 10 Total Miles: 263 So much for stealth camping without a tent last night. Within less than an hour of going to bed, Beardoh woke up and realized that our sleeping bags were covered in frost. So, we got up and quickly put up our … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 253 Last night was a rough night for sleep. While it rained on us for about 15 minutes, the real problem all night was the very strong winds. We had all camped in basically a dirt parking lot, so we were pretty … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 15 Total Miles: 235 We decided to set our alarms back to our original wake up time of 5:15am. It has been at least a week since we’ve gotten up that early, and today was still quite dark as we were ready to go. Hiking in the … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 5 Total Miles: 220 As we went to bed last night, we still didn’t have a plan for getting back to the trail today. But, after putting feelers out with Facebook, Craigslist, a local business owner, and the Chamber of Commerce, we … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 215 What a turn the trail has taken today. This morning, we were celebrating making it through the cold night. When we went to sleep last night, Beardoh checked the temps on his watch which showed 19 degrees. … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 15 Total Miles: 209 Well, we decided to head out today. Not because the weather forecast was good, but more because we were getting antsy to leave McDermitt. The motel we stayed in probably ranks in the bottom three (possibly … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 8 Total Miles: 194 Last night we had been enticed to our camping spot by the flat ground. We ignored the fact that it was exposed and a bit windy, thinking that the views were nice and the wind would let us cowboy camp. Well, … [Read more...]