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Day 102 – 9/3/11 Redstone to Marble

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Distance = 7 Miles; People Met = 15 Let’s work backwards for this day, and please read through to the end.  Most of the people we met this day were located in the campground where we stayed at the end.  … Continue reading

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Day 100 – 9/1/11 West Muddy Guard Station to McClure CG

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Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 4 All the people we met were at the campground where we stayed at the end of the day; more on them in a bit.  The past few posts have been pictures I’ve … Continue reading

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Day 099 – 8/31/11 Fairmont Park Reservoir to West Muddy Guard Station

Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 1 We went from Grand Mesa to Gunnison National Forest today. We met only one person, but he was quite informative. If you get an error message press the YouTube button.

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Day 098 – 8/30/11 Green Mountain Trail to Fairmont Park Reservoir

Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 3 If I was to be a hunter I would like to be a bow hunter. We met three friendly bow hunters from Texas. Here are slides from day 098. If you get … Continue reading

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Days 095-96 – 8/27-28/11 Kannah Creek to Grand Mesa Lodge (long)

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Distance = 11 Miles; People Met = 15 The Utah Edition of our newsletter will come out on September 1. This short stretch included a rest day at Mesa Lakes Lodge, more on that later.  The first few miles in … Continue reading

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Day 093 – 8/25/11 Grand Junction to Kannah Creek Road

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Distance = 13 Miles; People Met = 9 I failed to mention that we were covered by both print and television media from Grand Junction.  The television station was KKCO Channel 11, and NBC affiliate.  Heather did all purpose duty … 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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Day 090 – 8/22/11 Redlands to Grand Junction

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Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 5 Given recent events, we targeted Colorado Mesa University for our destination in Grand Junction.  We walked through the campus with full packs on and things began to happen.  Michelle, an instructor for … Continue reading

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Day 089 – 8/21/11 Fruita to Redlands

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Distance = 10 Miles; People Met = 2 A poignant moment happened for me today.  We stopped at a small mall in Redlands for lunch and access to wifi.  Dre, the diver for a rafting tour that gave us water … Continue reading

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Day 088 – 8/20/11 Colorado Border to Fruita

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Distance = 19 Miles; People Met = 9 After slackpacking through the arid eastern portion of Utah it felt good to be full packing again.  That may sound strange, that we enjoy carrying more weight, but its more the autonomy … Continue reading

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