Long Distance Hiker

Daily Miles: 23 Total Miles: 476 We got packed up quickly this morning and started back up the side trail to get onto the GDT again. We were pretty motivated to get going since we knew we had a lot of miles into Jasper today. The morning started … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 453 We were totally wrong about it being a warm night last night. It turned out to be quite cold by morning. Most likely, the fact that our campsite was sandwiched between two small streams made it colder. When we woke … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 435 It was a pretty cold night and when our alarms went off, we stayed in our hammocks an extra 15 minutes because we didn’t want to get out into the cold. We started out with all of our layers, but within a mile we … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 415 When our alarms went off at 5:45am this morning, neither of us wanted to get up. We were both so cozy in our sleeping bags, but we figured we needed the early start again today so we reluctantly got up. SweetPea … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 21 Total Miles: 394 We are ready to put this day out of its misery. In fact, we were probably ready to put today out of its misery around 10 o’clock this morning. It felt like we were fighting the trail all day which was really … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 16 Total Miles: 373 Today was our first day back on the official GDT after about a week and a half, and boy was it a doozy! But first, let’s go back to The Crossing Resort...We stayed in our room until check out and then went to the … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 16 Total Miles: 357 It seems like we were both dreading this day, and when our alarms went off we opted to stay in our hammocks for another half hour. Anything to delay the expected misery of the day. Finally we got up and packed up. … [Read more...]