Date: 10/12/20 Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 1947 Well, we survived our first night of cowboy camping, and didn’t get stung by any wasps during the night. It was another very comfortable night of sleep. Walking out of camp this … [Read more...]
CDT Day 105 – Saddlerock Canyon
Date: 10/11/20 Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 1926 We decided to have a slow morning in town before heading out. We slept in, sorted the food we had bought yesterday and ate breakfast. We loaded up with water for a 26 mile dry stretch and … [Read more...]
CDT Day 104 – Silver City
Date: 10/10/20 Daily Miles: 9 Total Miles: 1908 It seems that the key to a comfortable temperature for sleeping is to camp below 7,000 feet. Last night we were camped around 6,600 feet and it was perfect. We got up early this morning … [Read more...]
CDT Day 103 – Sycamore Canyon
Date: 10/9/20 Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 1899 Last night was the perfect sleeping temperature. It was the first night in quite awhile that it didn’t feel really cold. SweetPea even slept with one less layer of clothes than … [Read more...]
CDT Day 102 – West Fork
Date: 10/8/20 Daily Miles: 17 Total Miles: 1881 We had a nice and relaxing time in Gila Hot Springs yesterday afternoon. While the internet was very spotty, we did manage to buy our plane tickets back to Beardoh’s mom’s place after we … [Read more...]
CDT Day 101 – Doc Campbell’s Post
Date: 10/7/20 Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 1864 It felt so still in the forest as we got going this morning. It wasn’t as cold as yesterday morning, which we appreciated. We had read comments from other hikers about a nice view … [Read more...]
CDT Day 100 – Gila River
Date: 10/6/20 Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 1851 It got really cold over night. Not only did the temperatures drop, but a very cold wind picked up. We were both quite cold in our sleeping bags and had a hard time sleeping after 3:00am. … [Read more...]