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...

Day 133, “Who the hell designed this trail”

CDT 2319.6, miles hiked 33 Who the hell designed this trail and put the route up here? It was a question we asked ourselves over and over as we walked the divide desperately needing water. We had a couple liters each to start the day and it was cool so that helped but...

Day 132, the start of the final northward push 

Dear readers here is a live update I have arrived in East glacier and will be heading into the park on Sept 5th and will push the last 105 miles to Canada.  I will be updating the blog when I finish as of now I have very bad internet and short on time to get up to the...

Day 131, on the way to Helena

CDT mile 2278.8, miles hiked 30 It was damp and cold when we woke, even though we are cowboy camping 10′ apart neither of us wanted to get out of bed.  I hit the snooze button on my watch a few times, yes you read that right my watch us a snooze bar, and then...

Day 129, In and Out

CDT mile 2216.7, miles hiked 18 We slept in until 7 neither one of us wanting to admit we needed to be awake.  We laid around playing online and then said let’s eat.  We strolled down to a coffee shop and enjoyed lattes and the local favorite, pasties for...

Day 130, Game Plan for the End

CDT mile 2248.8, miles hiked 32 Since we are approaching Glacier National Park in a couple of weeks it was time to start making a game plan for our ending.  So today as we hiked we discussed how many miles we should plan to do, our strategy for bear country, and if we...