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Day 138 – 10/9/11 – The Shelf Road

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Distance = 26 Miles; People Met = 3; Pictures to be added We received another couple inches of snow overnight.  Early in the morning, before dawn, we headed up to Bronco Billy’s for one more 49 cent breakfast.  Janie the … Continue reading

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Day 134 – 10/5/11 – Green Mountain Falls

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Woodland Park to Green Mountain Falls; Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 3 Our host and ADT coordinator Dick Bratton dropped us off at Woodland Park and we slack packed from there to his home town of Green Mountain … Continue reading

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Day 112 – 9/13/11 Leadville to BLM CG on CO 91

Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 3 Before we left Leadville we had the opportunity to partake in a community meal at St. George Episcopal Church.  We then sat down with Ali Lufkin, Lynnette Coffey and Mayor Bud Elliott … Continue reading

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Day 109-110 – 9/10-11/11 Graham Gulch to Leadville

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Distance = 36 Miles; People Met = 27 What a difference a day makes!  We stopped short at Graham Gulch because the cross-country work at the end of the day was too exhausting, with knee shocking descents and bushwhacking through … Continue reading

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Day 105 – 9/6/11 Crested Butte Rest Day

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So what happens on a rest day?  For me it’s mainly what you see here, posting on the Internet.  A rest day also means planning ahead for some future leg of the journey, and acquiring and packing the food for … Continue reading

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Day 101 – 9/2/11 McClure CG to Redstone

Distance = 8 Miles; People Met = 16 Wow!  Redstone, Colorado is a wonderful town!  But rather than me writing about it why don’t you listen to one of the leading figures of the town, Pastor Bruce Gledhill.  Included in … Continue reading

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Day 091-92 – 8/23-24/11 Grand Junction Rest Days

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People Met = 12 Our stay in Grand Junction was devoted to three talks I gave.  It was also supposed to be a time to catch up with web stuff.  We figured there would be no better place to use … Continue reading

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Days 078-79 – 8/10-11/11 Green River to Route 191

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Distance = 33 Miles; People Met = 2 We only met two people on this stretch, but what a couple we met?  Also, Barrett and Buster hooked up with us once again.  Together this provided quite a tonic or the … Continue reading

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Day 073 – 8/5/11 Notom to Giles Townsite

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Distance = 19 Miles; People Met = 6 We really met more than 6 people, because a Bike & Build group went by us today.  Since I’m on the board of the local Habitat affiliate I’m familiar with this program.  … Continue reading

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Day 065 – 7/28/11 Otter Creek to Antimony!

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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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