Day 107: 01 August, 21.1 miles today, 1684.9 miles total, Teton Wilderness, WY Hitchhiking, the guide stresses, is illegal in Dubois. We’d had our thumbs out in front of the post office for less than… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 17: the last days of Wyoming
Day 96: 21 July, 19.7 miles today, 1507.3 miles total, somewhere in WY The five of us sat in the McDonald’s, our greasy breakfasts long finished, nursing our second or third large coffees and drawing… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 16: a terrible, beautiful place
Day 87: 12 July, 20.1 miles today, 1309.4 miles total, middle of nowhere, WY There was a mental phenomenon I experienced on the Appalachian Trail that I came to think of as the Katahdin blues,… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 15: a land without shelter
Day 83: 08 July, 18.4 miles today, 1224.1 miles total, Routt NF, CO We really didn’t feel like hiking. The only reason we were up and ready to go in the morning was the fact… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 14: Into Wyoming