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Distance = 59 Miles; People Met = 9 There were some common patterns for our final three days heading out of the mountains and into Denver. First, to my surprise, there was a lot of vertical. In fact, the day … Continue reading
Distance = 21 Miles; People Met = 4
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Distance = 7 Miles; People Met = 21 The weather today was almost as bad as two days ago. Fortunately, I originally scheduled low mileages through here, on what was supposed to be the “vacation” part of our journey. We … Continue reading
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Distance = 5 Miles; People Met = 5 Today was the yin and yang of people, and I’m actually not including the “yang” in my tally. Before getting back on the trail we wanted to do some computer/Internet work. We … Continue reading
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Distance = 26 Miles; People Met = 24 Gloomy skies were above us the whole day as we hike on CO 91 to Copper Mountain. There was a massive road construction project going on with very long waits for vehicles. … Continue reading
People Met = 2 A lot happened for only meeting 2 people on a rest day. We spent the night at a house owned by John Nicholas. John left his heating and air conditioning business near the front range in … Continue reading
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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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Distance = 14 Miles; People Met = 2 We only met two people today, John and Sally on the Grizzly Lake Trail. John used to work for NOLS, so that perhaps explains why we met them on a remote section … Continue reading
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(Pictures to be added later) Distance = 23 Miles; People Met = 15 Two things about these two days: we keep meeting people even in remote places and we seemed to keep going uphill as we approached the Continental Divide. … Continue reading
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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
