Long Distance Hiker

Date: 9/12/2 Daily Miles : 23 Total Miles: 1422 The hunters were out early today. We could hear a quad around 5:30am. Since it was completely silent in the woods, it felt like we could hear the quad for so long. It had been another … [Read more...]

Date: 9/11/20 Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 1399 Last night was a really cold night. Beardoh was able to warm up good and slept really well. SweetPea on the other hand could not warm up her feet and so stayed fairly cold and couldn’t sleep. … [Read more...]

Date: 9/10/20 Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 1381 The true title of the blog post should be Encampment Entrapment because it felt like we were there for so long. Our first triple zero on trail...three rest days in a row. Coming into … [Read more...]

Date: 9/6/20 Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 1363 Last night was probably our warmest night on the trail. It is pretty crazy to think of the temperature swings in the area. Less than a week ago, we had ice on our tent and in a few days, … [Read more...]

Date: 9/5/20 Daily Miles: 25 Total Miles: 1350 Today felt like a marathon day. We got up in the dark this morning. We had thought that it was going to be a warm night, but it seemed that our culvert turned into a wind tunnel and it … [Read more...]

Date: 9/4/20 Daily Miles: 25 Total Miles: 1325 We ended up taking an unplanned zero day on Rawlins. As we looked at the weather forecast, we saw that there is a winter storm coming early next week. We had already been planning to take a … [Read more...]

Date: 9/2/20 Daily Miles: 12 Total Miles: 1300 It was cold out again this morning, but definitely not as cold as the last few mornings. The sun was on us pretty quickly and it warmed up nicely. Of course, the wind continues to be a … [Read more...]