Category Archives: Home Care Journal

The inspirational and informational chronicles of a long term home caregiver for a spouse and best friend with Alzheimer’s.

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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Day 066 – 7/29/31 Antimony to Antimony Creek

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Distance > 13 Miles; People Met = 4 On our first day out of Antimony we suffered from too much information.  If we listened only to Randy, whose ranch is along the route, we would have been fine.  We ran … Continue reading

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Day 064 – 7/27/11 Circleville to Otter Creek SP

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Distance = 19 Miles; People Met = 12 We returned to road walking; my knees thanked me.  It’s a good sign that they recover well from a day of torture.  The scenery did not suffer in the least.  We traveled … Continue reading

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Days 062-63 – 7/25-26/11 Beaver to Circleville

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Distance = 28 Miles; People Met = 2 This stretch took us through the Fishlake National Forest.  We stopped at the Forest Service office in Beaver to get some information and a map before heading on.  We learned two things … Continue reading

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Day 055 -7/18/11 Evening

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Landscape Memories:  A Poem A weathered corral, wood and wire, Old memories of herds and herders in the wild west Waves of short grass, green and gold, Ancient memories of native hunters and hunting grounds Red rock mesas, in evening … Continue reading

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Day 055 – 7/18/11 Garrison to Unnamed Summit

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Distance = 24 Miles; People Met = 0 Our first full day hiking in Utah might have been the loneliest day of the journey.  Several factors contributed to the haunting loneliness walking along Utah 21.  Bleached bones were scattered everywhere.  … Continue reading

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Day 052 – 7/15/11 Cave Lake CG to Osceola Road

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Distance > 18 Miles; People Met = 0 The highlight of the day was getting to Cooper Summit (really a pass) in time for a break and to cheer Brian Starks on as he came over the pass during his … Continue reading

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