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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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Distance = 7 Miles: People Met = 12 Horrors! We actually backtracked two miles today, something that long distance backpackers avoid like the plague. Antimony is the reason. Pie Town, New Mexico was our gold standard for trail towns before … Continue reading
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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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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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After a long drive back from the airport, arriving at Milford early morning, we went back to Penny’s Diner for some coffee to get us going. There we ran into a group of twenty or so young adults on a … Continue reading
We flew back from Salt Lake City to JFK in order to attend a family wedding. As much as this hike is about humanity the best people to be with is family. We caught up with our three kids at … Continue reading
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Distance = 28 Miles; People Met = 1 Most of the day featured no wind; I did not know that was possible. Whereas yesterday I thought 100 degrees was in the eighties, today felt in the nineties. Clearly, crosswinds are … Continue reading
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Distance = 29 Miles; People Met = 1 Hah! We fooled the southerly winds today. We started out going south but veered more east. Meanwhile, the winds were more from the southwest than the south. We dealt with crosswinds rather … Continue reading
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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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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
