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Distance = 7 Miles: People Met = 12 Horrors! We actually backtracked two miles today, something that long distance backpackers avoid like the plague. Antimony is the reason. Pie Town, New Mexico was our gold standard for trail towns before … Continue reading
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After a long drive back from the airport, arriving at Milford early morning, we went back to Penny’s Diner for some coffee to get us going. There we ran into a group of twenty or so young adults on a … Continue reading
We flew back from Salt Lake City to JFK in order to attend a family wedding. As much as this hike is about humanity the best people to be with is family. We caught up with our three kids at … Continue reading
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Distance = 28 Miles; People Met = 1 Most of the day featured no wind; I did not know that was possible. Whereas yesterday I thought 100 degrees was in the eighties, today felt in the nineties. Clearly, crosswinds are … Continue reading
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Landscape Memories: A Poem A weathered corral, wood and wire, Old memories of herds and herders in the wild west Waves of short grass, green and gold, Ancient memories of native hunters and hunting grounds Red rock mesas, in evening … Continue reading
Distance = 0 Miles; People Met = 8 Ely being located shortly before Utah, and the only town where I give a Lions Club talk, we spent two rest days here preparing the maps for the next state, catching up … Continue reading
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Distance = 73 Miles; People Met = 3 To be honest we met Carol and Al Drayton, the two owners of Blackrock Station (Ranch), the day before we started our big push along US 6 to Ely. We stopped in … Continue reading
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Distance = 19.1 Miles; Elevation Change > 1160 Feet Lo Elevation = 6341; Hi Elevation = 6786 This was the last day of long road walk, mainly on Buffalo Creek Road once again. The long, straight dirt road became mind-numbing. … Continue reading
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Distance > 25.5 Miles; Elevation Change > 1650 Feet Lo Elevation = 3954; Hi Elevation = 4642 The entire day involved hiking on US 50, the loneliest highway in America. There is not much to report on, except for a … Continue reading
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Distance > 21 Miles; Elevation Change > 200 Feet Lo Elevation = 3916; Hi Elevation > 400 We started out hiking on the wrong side of the fence, by a marsh south of Carson Lake, quite a contrast to the … Continue reading
