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A Tale of Two Matts

First a little foreshadowing.  This Friday I’ll hike into North Canaan to report on kindness there; next week should be the start of those types of posts on here. The tale of two Matts is one I’ve told several times … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Day 085 – 8/17/11 Takeout Beach to Dewey Bridge CG

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Distance = 19.5 Miles; People Met = 8 This was a surprisingly good day for meeting people, offset at the end by another setback in our struggle to find a suitable route from Moab to Grand Junction. We fist met … Continue reading

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Day 080-84 8/12-16/11 Moab Area (long)

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Distance = 25 Miles; People Met = 23 We spent 5 days in the Moab area.  Two were rest days while we hiked only half days the other days.  There were four major objectives to accomplish in Moab:  1) Catching … Continue reading

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Days 078-79 – 8/10-11/11 Green River to Route 191

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Distance = 33 Miles; People Met = 2 We only met two people on this stretch, but what a couple we met?  Also, Barrett and Buster hooked up with us once again.  Together this provided quite a tonic or the … Continue reading

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Days 074-77 – 8/6-9/11 Giles Townsite to Green River (long)

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Distance = 65 Miles; People Met = 14 OK, this will probably be one of our biggest “downer” posts.  While traversing National Forests and Parks we were greeted with daily rain and thunderstorms.  Now that we are road walking through … Continue reading

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Day 073 – 8/5/11 Notom to Giles Townsite

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Distance = 19 Miles; People Met = 6 We really met more than 6 people, because a Bike & Build group went by us today.  Since I’m on the board of the local Habitat affiliate I’m familiar with this program.  … Continue reading

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Day 072 – 8/4/11 Notom Ranch Rest Day

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Distance = 0 Miles; People Met = 4 … continued from yesterday. Yesterday, we thought the world was our oyster!  People, Powerade and pavilions all showing up when we need them … along with absolutely astounding scenery.  We felt like … Continue reading

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Day 071 – 8/3/11 Sheets Draw to Notom

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Distance > 16 Miles; People Met = 4 We actually met more than four people this day, but I’ll save two for the next day.  The day started off in our oasis.  We got an early 7:15 a.m. start hiking … Continue reading

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