Colorado
Congratulations dinner
7/21 Weird? It all seems a bit unreal, this plunge into reality. Folks who've been hiking in other lands "get it." It's a bit weird. The folks hosting the gourmet...
CT-2023?
Drive back to Texas was brutal. It was hard keeping eyes open. Legs and feet felt like logs. What was that smell? Oh, me! Stopped in Lubbock, exhausted, for a night's...
Watercolors on CT?
7/03/22: Recall reading about importance of art on Trail. Nature is a patient, primordial. Isabella Pardales took a pared-down version of her water colors and media on her trek. Her...
CDT Days 23-51: Colorado
Chama to Pagosa Springs On the morning of 6/1/22 the owner of the hotel in Chama drove me and some other hikers up to the pass. We decided to backtrack...
Coriolis Effect
7/01/22 Ok, I'm lost. Well, am somewhere. I remember something learned from school science light years ago: The Coriolis Effect. Water either drains clockwise or counter clock-wise. You can tell
Angst?
7/02/22 Angst? Really, most understand. Met some 20-somethings schlepping the CT who had to "share". Jeez, What are we: unpaid shrinks? After a minute of another's self-reflection, I wanted
Clothing
6/18/22 What do ladies daily wear on Colorado Trail? Packing for CT, careful consideration of clothing prevailed: I HAD to carry light! Double or triple use for clothing even
CT: 6/16/22
6/16/22 Cold. High. Quiet. All good. Hitched to TH. West to East. Durango on the Western Slope to Watertown Canyon on the Eastern. Took off. Alone. Wearing gloves, long pants,...
Will, P.O.A., Medical POA, Statutory POA…
5/27/22 We've spent months planning for our long distance walk. We've spent hours discussing minuta of weight, gear and methods. Did you spend one second considering your final wishes? Not
One week until CT for real: June, 2022
5/26/22 Still training for Colorado Trail. Leave for Trail early June. Been planning since December, 2021. Will West to East. Still not fast, just determined. Remembering Abe Lincoln's