Two hunters were inside the pickup, and I was invited to ride along with "front seat status". They were headed back to the mountains for one more day ...
Twin Lakes to Salida
I followed an old road through the lowlands that surrounded Twin Lakes Reservoir. As I was staring at the grass in front of me, I noticed something ...
Silverthorne to Twin Lakes
I was happy to have some company on the trail for a change. Deirdre noticed things that I had started taking for granted.... simple things, like the ...
Grand Lake to Silverthorne
The trail headed right out the middle of town, south. No hassles with hitching or combustion engines. There was something about that lack of needing a ...
Steamboat Springs to Grand Lake
I took the free bus from Steamboat as far as it went, then switched to my thumb. Within 15 minutes I had a ride, for a change, it was in the front of ...
Rawlins to Steamboat Springs
The CDT south of Rawlins followed another waterless paved road for about 12 miles. We didn't really want to hike the road but were afraid to ...
South Pass City to Rawlins
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 ...