Day 138, Spotted Bear Alternate

CDT mile 2457.3, miles hiked 24 Seeing how we need to arrive in East Glacier on Sunday and preferably as early as we can be since it will be our last town stop before the end, we opted to cut off 17 miles and do the spotted bear alternate. Now the alternate in the map...

Day 137, Big Daddy D and the Chinese Wall

CDT mile 2433.3, miles hiked 25.2 It sprinkled a bit last night and I woke from it to move in under the covered porch so my quilt would stay dry. As I was laying there to go back to sleep I heard wolves howling through the dark. What an amazing experience it was to...

Day 136, Benchmark

CDT mile 2408.1, miles hiked 33 When I got up I listened to see if it was still raining, nope. I crawled out and went to retrieve my food bag. I sat in my tent making hot water and packing up, man this routine will soon end and I’ll be able to walk down to my...

Day 135, Lewis and Clark Pass, lightning and bears

CDT mile 2375.1, miles hiked 24.5 Our spot last night was a rock outcropping high above Rogers Pass, it provided some wonderful views of the stars and for a few moments I would wake and stare into the heavens. I do love cowboy camping and despite the extreme wind last...

Day 134, it’s really going to end soon

CDT mile 2350.5, miles hiked 31 Today I had the realization that all this fun and hard work is really coming to an end soon. It happened when I sat atop Green Mountain and checked to see if I had a cell signal, I did and I checked my email. My good friend Sasquatch...