CDT mile 2216.7, miles hiked 18
new socks!
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 breakfast. Once the post office opens we went to retrieve packages.
It was Christmas once again for me. I had my bounce bucket and another box I had sent from Lima. Plus Mont-bell sent me a new down jacket because of my other one was so big from all the weight I have lost. Point6 sent me 2 new pairs of socks to get me to the end. My dear friend Space Girl had sent me a care package, thank you! And I also had my standard box of food with a letter from Suzy. Tatu-Jo and I hauled the stuff back to our room and got sorting.
The taxidermy shop was a sight to behold
Once we finished our sorting and repackaging we packed up our backpacks, returned to the post office to mail some stuff off and then started to walk out of town. As we approached the end of town we made a few stops. CVS and Albertson’s for a few sundries and snacks, then McDonald’s where we chowed down lunch. I ended the shopping with a visit to Subway to use the gift card from my folks and got a foot long sub for dinner to save cooking.
Oh Anaconda
We strolled down the highway and turned onto a secondary road that sucked. People were driving 60-mph and we had little to no shoulder to walk on. We did ok though and then turned onto Warm Springs Road which made us walk by the state mental hospital, it was like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We finally hit a dirt road that wound through the hills and by many a ranch home.
The famous Anaconda smokestack
We saw some horse and stopped to say hi. We grabbed some of the green plants along the road and fed them snacks and petted them. After our horsing around we headed up the canyon. We passed through a sheep farm, by some cows and a wood fence post operation before finally finding a camp tucked along the road in some trees.
Tatu-Jo always making friends along the way
We stopped a little early so we could get more rest and enjoy our first night out of town. Two back to back 30’s will land us in Helena our next to last town stop before the Canadian border.
