Monthly Archives: August 2011

Day 080-84 8/12-16/11 Moab Area (long)

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Distance = 25 Miles; People Met = 23 We spent 5 days in the Moab area.  Two were rest days while we hiked only half days the other days.  There were four major objectives to accomplish in Moab:  1) Catching … 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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Days 074-77 – 8/6-9/11 Giles Townsite to Green River (long)

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Distance = 65 Miles; People Met = 14 OK, this will probably be one of our biggest “downer” posts.  While traversing National Forests and Parks we were greeted with daily rain and thunderstorms.  Now that we are road walking through … 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 072 – 8/4/11 Notom Ranch Rest Day

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Distance = 0 Miles; People Met = 4 … continued from yesterday. Yesterday, we thought the world was our oyster!  People, Powerade and pavilions all showing up when we need them … along with absolutely astounding scenery.  We felt like … Continue reading

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Day 071 – 8/3/11 Sheets Draw to Notom

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Distance > 16 Miles; People Met = 4 We actually met more than four people this day, but I’ll save two for the next day.  The day started off in our oasis.  We got an early 7:15 a.m. start hiking … Continue reading

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Day 070 – 8/2/11 Chriss Lake to Sheets Draw

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Distance = 18 Miles; People Met = 2 We were able to slack pack the first 10 miles of this day along Utah 12, one of the most scenic highways you will find.  Ky dropped us off where she picked … Continue reading

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Day 069 – 8/1/11 Sand Creek to Chriss Lake

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Distance = 22 Miles; People Met = 4 We made our way back up to the Great Western Trail.  This time we found a trailhead and a trail that was maintained.  We decided it was “safe” to follow the Great … Continue reading

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Day 068 – 7/31/11 Deep Creek to Sand Creek

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Distance = 20 Miles; People Met = 4 Today we deliberately took a route that was longer than the one recommended by the ADT, a rare occurrence for long distance backpackers.  The ADT picks up the Great Western Trail in … Continue reading

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Day 067 – 7/30/11 Antimony Creek to Deep Creek

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Distance > 13 Miles; People Met = 2 Another piece of advice that Randy Gould gave us was to go cross country essentially from where we camped by Antimony Creek to rejoin and ATV road on the other side of … Continue reading

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