Day 117 Old Home Day

Aug 22, 2016 | Idaho, Montana

CDT mile 1916.4, miles hiked 29.8 I awoke to Tatu-Jo’s alarm at 4:30, rolled over and passed back out.  My alarm finally rose me at about 5:25, I did my morning routine and at 6 am we walked out of camp.  Zorro and Easy Strider were still asleep so Tatu-Jo said,...

Day 116 Hiking with Tatu-Jo

Aug 21, 2016 | Idaho, Montana

CDT mile 1886.6, miles hiked 21.1 The day started with a little sleeping in, then a shower, then heading to Jan’s Cafe for a hot breakfast.  When Tatu-Jo and I walked in we found Zorro and Popeye already eating, we sat down with them and ordered up some food....

Day 115 Lima, MT

Aug 20, 2016 | Montana

Miles hiked 0 Lima is the kind of town that you can spend a week in one day.  I started my day with a trip to the post office for my bounce box, and then I rolled to Jan’s cafe for some breakfast.  I had an awesome meal and the side of ham was an actual ham...

Day 114, on the way to Lima, MT

Aug 19, 2016 | Montana

CDT mile 1865.5, miles hiked 27 I was awoken at 1:30 am by the smell of smoke, I got up to pee only to find the air thick with smoke and ash, dang it was there another fire? Oh well, it was too late to think about it so I crawled back in my tent and passed out until...

Day 113, Solitude

Aug 18, 2016 | Idaho

CDT mile 1838.5, miles hiked 25.2 I awoke at 5:15 hoping to get a jump on the day and do close to 30 miles so tomorrow would only be a low 20 into Lima.  When I went for my food bag I could see the sky was still dark and lightening in the distance, by the time I was...