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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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Days 040-045 – 7/3-8/11 Jefferson Summit to Blackrock Station

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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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Day 039 – 7/2/11 Carvers to Jefferson Summit

Distance > 15 Miles; People Met = 0

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