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Day 106-107 – 9/7-8/11 Crested Butte to Goodwin Green Cabin

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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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Day 104 – 9/5/11 Emerald Lake to Crested Butte

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Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 19 Continuing on with this Labor Day weekend, we once again encountered many fine people, but the day started out with a little show.  We were camped in the morning on a little … Continue reading

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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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Day 094 – 8/26/11 Kannah Creek Road to Upper Kannah Creek

Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 0 This was our first day hiking out of the desert and into the mountains.  How did we feel about this?  See for yourself.

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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 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 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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