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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
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Distance = 16.8 Miles; People Met = 4 We talked to 4 people today on an otherwise lonely road stretch of the ADT. The first was biker Sebastian from Munich, Germany. Neither of us saw the other in the distance. … Continue reading
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Distance > 14 Miles. People Met = 0 We’ve been enjoying walking with Barrett as we swap stories and life history. Barrett confirmed a decision I made as being the correct one. We took a detour away from the Western … Continue reading
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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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Distance > 13 Miles; People Met = 3 Barrett started hiking with us today, which keeps a fine tradition going. “Back in the day” I organized long distance expeditions, groups of people forming a community guided by the journey along … Continue reading
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Distance = 73 Miles; People Met = 3 To be honest we met Carol and Al Drayton, the two owners of Blackrock Station (Ranch), the day before we started our big push along US 6 to Ely. We stopped in … Continue reading
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Distance > 80 Miles; People Met = 16 Most of the people we met during this stretch occurred the very first day after our delightful camp spot near Jefferson Summit … lots of people out recreating during the 4th of … Continue reading
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