Date: 6/22/20 Daily Miles: 24 Total Miles: 175 We woke up to beautiful blue skies this morning. We left camp just after 6:00am, and it was quite cold since our cluster of trees was right next to a meadow. But, we had a climb right away, … [Read more...]

Date: 6/21/20 Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 151 As we packed up this morning, we could hear thunder rumbling, even though the sky didn’t look too bad. Once we walked out of our little campsite and got around a hill, we could see the very … [Read more...]

Date: 6/20/20 Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 130 The celebrations continued today with SweetPea’s birthday. She got presents of chocolate during the day and got to decide where we stopped for the day (it was an early stop … [Read more...]

Date: 6/19/20 Daily Miles: 15 Total Miles: 109 Our zero day ended up turning into two days once we learned that the bad weather from our prior hiking day was going to be dumping 5” to 12” of snow in the area we were heading into. We … [Read more...]

Date: 6/16/20 Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 94 It seems that Mother Nature had other plans for last night. Instead of the quiet and dry night we had hoped for, we had a very windy and rainy night. Since we had settled for a more exposed … [Read more...]

Date: 6/15/20 Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 81 This morning we woke up to blue skies and no wind. It was pretty cold, but we were so happy for the silent forest. As we walked in the morning, it felt like we could appreciate the beauty … [Read more...]

Date: 6/14/20 Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 60 So, the slogan for the CDT (from Yogi’s well known CDT guidebook) is “Embrace the brutality.” After just three days on the trail, we can say that the reputation is well deserved. While the … [Read more...]