May 31 Start/Stop: Pagosa Springs 0 miles Pagosa Baking Company for hours. The first real coffee of this trip. Hefty breakfast burrito with local chorizo. Coffee, coffee and more coffee. It just feels so good to sit and hang. Second breakfast back at the hotel. And then we stare at or phones for a while … More Day 37: Pitch Perfect
May 30 Start: Chama, NM Stop: Pagosa Springs, CO 0 miles Total miles: 638 We slowly come to life and wrangle our pack explosions. I attempt to upload my blogs and pics but the Wi-Fi is slow. I sort through my box of gear and begin to fill the box with stuff to send home. … More Day 36: Rainbow Table
May 29 Start: near east fork rio brazos Stop: Chama, NM 10 miles Total miles: 638 It’s one last loving fuck you from New Mexico. Frozen shoes. Socks and gators stiff as a board. Even the condensation on my tent and sleeping bag chips off in my face. There is no way I can put … More Day 35: To Colorado And Back
May 28 Start: past canyon manga Stop: near east fork rio brazos 25 Miles Total miles: 628 I wake up to elk in the meadow. After a few miles, it takes me three tries to find the CDT. CDT trail markers and cairns lead the wrong way. Dang. We have an early lunch at Lagunitas … More Day 34: When I Wear My Down Jacket Because My Rain Jacket Blows Away
May 27 Start: near canada jarosito Stop: past canyon manga 24 miles Total miles: 603 Good thing we were only joking about cowboy camping because it starts to rain in the middle of the night. I get enough drops coming inside that I crawl out and close the tent beak. We’re on trail by 6:30 … More Day 33: The Howl Echo
May 26 Start: near Mogolito Stop: near Canada Jarosito 23 miles Total miles: 579 The tent is dewy and wet. The temp hovers around freezing. All that translates into a cold start. But let’s look on the bright side, my shoes are not frozen! Flat, muddy road turns into a torturous uphill climb through blowdowns. … More Day 32: Blowdown Hurdles
May 25 Start: Ghost Ranch Stop: near Mogotito 18 miles Total miles: 556 The covers are only on me and hanging over the edge of the bed. Oops. Luckily Mountain Spice was warm enough. Breakfast. Final pack arranging. One last Wi-Fi. And we’re off. I hike out of Ghost Ranch with Focus, Bigfoot, Mountain Spice … More Day 31: Big Snowy Mountains On The Horizon
May 24 Start: Ghost Ranch Stop: Ghost Ranch 0 miles Total miles: 538 It’s raining. Again. Before breakfast I Wi-Fi it up and post journals and pictures. Before I know it I’ve missed nearly half of breakfast. I race over and inhale food. I stuff myself on some breaded meat egg dish, scrabbled eggs, bagel, … More Day 30: New Shoes, Movie Day and Monk Beer
May 22 Start: near hwy 96 Stop: Ghost Ranch 28 Miles Total miles: 538 I decide not to push to Ghost Ranch for dinner which makes my morning miles feel very leisurely. A lazy meander up and over. The afternoon is filled with big sedimentary canyons. Layers of orange, yellow and red stack up all … More Day 29: Channeling Ghost O’Keeffe
May 22 Start: Cuba, NM Stop: near hwy 96 27 miles Total miles: 510 The room did not flood and the feet are in the puddles along the roadway by 6 am. An hour later I remember a few more things that I want my parents to send in my next resupply box. So I … More Day 28: The Snowy Otherworld
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