Distance =10 Miles; People Met = 6 Based on feedback from my talk at Colorado Mesa University, and some comments on this site, I’ll try to provide audio and pictures as much as possible. A special thanks again to Steve … Continue reading
Category Archives: Humanity
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
Day 097 – 8/29/11 Grand Mesa Lodge to Green Mountain Trail
Days 095-96 – 8/27-28/11 Kannah Creek to Grand Mesa Lodge (long)
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Distance = 11 Miles; People Met = 15 The Utah Edition of our newsletter will come out on September 1. This short stretch included a rest day at Mesa Lakes Lodge, more on that later. The first few miles in … Continue reading
Day 093 – 8/25/11 Grand Junction to Kannah Creek Road
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Distance = 13 Miles; People Met = 9 I failed to mention that we were covered by both print and television media from Grand Junction. The television station was KKCO Channel 11, and NBC affiliate. Heather did all purpose duty … Continue reading
Day 091-92 – 8/23-24/11 Grand Junction Rest Days
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People Met = 12 Our stay in Grand Junction was devoted to three talks I gave. It was also supposed to be a time to catch up with web stuff. We figured there would be no better place to use … Continue reading
Day 090 – 8/22/11 Redlands to Grand Junction
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Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 5 Given recent events, we targeted Colorado Mesa University for our destination in Grand Junction. We walked through the campus with full packs on and things began to happen. Michelle, an instructor for … Continue reading
Day 089 – 8/21/11 Fruita to Redlands
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Distance = 10 Miles; People Met = 2 A poignant moment happened for me today. We stopped at a small mall in Redlands for lunch and access to wifi. Dre, the diver for a rafting tour that gave us water … Continue reading
Day 088 – 8/20/11 Colorado Border to Fruita
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Distance = 19 Miles; People Met = 9 After slackpacking through the arid eastern portion of Utah it felt good to be full packing again. That may sound strange, that we enjoy carrying more weight, but its more the autonomy … Continue reading
Day 087 – 8/19/11 Cisco Desert to Colorado Border
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Distance = 19.5 Miles; People Met = 0 Our last day in Utah is cause for tying up a few things, particularly since we did not meet anyone in this isolated part of the state. I wore the same New … Continue reading
Day 086 – 8/18/11 Dewey CG to Cisco Desert
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Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 3 Almost everything of note on this day happened in Cisco; ironic, considering it’s a ghost town. Cisco originated for the railroad, pumping water up from the Colorado River for the use of … Continue reading







