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 border before the snow gets deep. It’s been a great journey and stay tuned for all theatrics about the Scapegoat Wilderness, the Bob and, Glacier.
Thank you for your support and comments along my journey it has been helpful to keep me going and my spirits up. All my best and happy trails.
CDT mile 2,286.6, miles hiked 7.8
A welcome sign at the budget express inn
We started the day with breakfast at the no sweat cafe, a Helena staple. My friend Christy at CDTC is from Helena and had recommended it to us. Man, she was spot on, the breakfast was amazing and I had a huge pancake with real maple syrup.
We did laundry, got our food organized, yogied a ride to the post office to get my box from Space Girl, and then went shoe shopping. On this trail I have gone through 7 pairs of Altra shoes, generally, I get about 300-400 miles out of a pair and since we have 366 miles and the inside of mine were coming apart I figured it was time for a new pair.
My giant afro is too legit to quit
The nice thing about Helena being the last big town and the state capital is that they have running stores. Tread Lightly is one of the shops and only a block from the hotel so we rolled in there and walked out with a new pair of Olympus and was on my way.
We strolled through town, Tatu-Jo stopped by the barber to have his neck trimmed and then we hit a burger spot for lunch. We charged our devices, ate some huge burgers and then went to the grocery store for the final supplies. As we stood hitching back to trail and guy came over and asked if we were thru-hiking? His name is Good 2 Go and he hiked the PCT in 2005 the same year as Tatu-Jo and a bunch of my friends in Portland.
Trail angels descend upon us for safe travels, thank you Good 2 Go
He ran home to drop off ice cream and came back a few minutes later with his daughter in his truck. Then loaded us up to drive us to trail. Besides him hiking with my friends rabbit and phantom on the PCT in 2005, he also ran into Cheezy and Johnny the other week and had them stay at his brothers house. Such a small world is hikers live in.
We loaded on our packs and stated our hike at the crack of 5. Our packs are wicked heavy we have 4 1/2 days of food plus a ton of water for this stretch. We moved slow and had to stop to make adjustments to our shoes and get our feet in order. Finally at about 7:45 we said lets camp, found a spot in the woods and Cowboyed up.
An old railroad trestle in the woods
