Cow Country
Day 10 (30) – Sat Aug 7th 2021
Back to the trail. Woke up in a tiny hotel room in Gunnison. It's an old place, clean but small and could use some serious updates. Especially when you consider…
Day 9 (29) – Fri Aug 6th 2021
A zero day with Cherie in Gunnison. Most of the day was spent exploring Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Amazing place! Wildfire smoke was present but need not…
Day 8 (28) – Thur Aug 5th 2021
It's town day. At the end of segment 17 my sweetheart will pick me up and take me to Gunnison for a day off. Needless to say I was up…
Day 7 (27) – Wed Aug 4th 2021
Finally! Back to beautiful Colorado days! The sun was back and clouds clearning out. Even was able to dry everything out during a lunch break. Not much on the way…
Day 6 (26) – Aug 3rd 2021
Not much to say about this day, another plodding kind of day, making miles and trying not to get wet. I was a little behind so needed a good mileage…
Day 5 (25) – Mon Aug 2nd 2021
Started pretty dry this morning on top of the Monarch Mountain ski area. It's resupply day! Today I walk past The Monarch Crest gift shop where we dropped a supply…
Day 4 (24) – Sun Aug 1st 2021
Well no morning breakfast picture, not many picture at all. I was hiking through a cloud all day, no good views, just fog. It was the kind of a "put…
Hikers call this a Yard Sale
Day 3 (23) – Sat Jul 31 2021
Well, the day started out well. Had a pretty good night, no wind a little cool and I was able to sleep a little. Headed out early, no moose in…
Day 2 (22) – Fri Jul 30
I did not sleep well, didn't really expect to, first night out. Packed up, had a smoothie and outta there. The smoothie is part of my new nutrition plan, a…
Day 1 (21) – Thur Jul 2021 Cottonwood Pass
Up at 4:30 AM. Nervous, excited, scared? Yep, yep, yep. How is this attempt going to work out? Who knows? I made changes, lets go see if they were the…