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Woke up around three to the smell  of smoke.  Now, waking up at three is no big deal because I'm awake almost every hour.  This is not a nice climate…

It was cold, darn cold, and there was noise.  A construction company parked all it's big equipment nearby and it was Monday, time to fire those babies up! Somewhere in…

Woke up this morning in my own bed for the last time in probably five weeks. Heading back to hop on segment seven and go to Durango. Very distracted, so…

Drips was determined to get his third segment in before heading home. I needed that segment also so we hatched a plan. We would take two cars, leave one at…

Morning was chilly. We popped out of the tents around 5 AM, still dark with a slight glow to the east. Segment 2 is through the burn scar created by…

Sleep was better last night. It appears to be getting better the more I stay on trail. Just getting used to the environment I guess. The concern at this site…

After a couple zero days for me and some altitude acclamation days for Dennis we hit the trail at 6:45 in the morning.  Thanks again to Cherie and Becky for…

Friday! Wooohoooo! Why is he so excited you ask, it's not like it's the end of the work week. Well, it kind of is. Cherie and Becky are picking me…

Day 5, still in segment 6. Had a good night sleeping by the swamp. It was quiet and the bugs were really not that bad. Today was a pretty short…

This day I was worried. Tired from the previous threes days of hiking now, I need to go up and over a pass. Up and over before any storms roll…