We quickly forgot the mountains. The desert was a land that required attention, demanded it. The Great Divide Basin was sneaky though, it wasn't ...
Big Sandy Lodge to South Pass City
The next day started slowly. Nothing ever happened too fast when walking was the central activity. A few people drifted out, no luck... they either ...
Dubois to Big Sandy Lodge
It was another 4 miles down a road to the trailhead we were shooting for. The letters C.D.T., those were just letters, we were making our own way. It ...
Old Faithful Village to Dubois
A few miles south of Old Faithful, we took a short side trip to go watch a geyser erupt. Lone Star Geyser was an 8 foot gurgling mound of smooth salt ...
Mack’s Inn to Old Faithful Village
It was nice to simply walk out of a town for a change - no hassling with signs and unpredictable traffic. We'd planned a rather leisurely pace through ...
Lima to Mack’s Inn
It was almost dark again, we'd spent the whole day just getting to the trail. In a way, walking was walking, but walking next to speeding cars had ...
Leadore to Lima
There were no trees, just thousand-foot waves of sage. Actually, there were a few trees, isolated in little clumps, little stationary villages, but ...
Salmon to Leadore
I had a heavy pack and I loved it - 6 more days of romping through the mountains. The trail felt different, we were walking along the border of ...
Butte to Salmon
We were on the highway again, working our magic with thumbs and cars. About 20 minutes in, a van stopped up ahead. As we ran up, the man got out to ...
Lincoln to Butte
Our first ride, in the back of a pickup, took us 5 miles down the road. The next one, on the flat bed of a flatbed, took us 4. We started walking, ...