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9/20/19 – Rain came and went several times during the night as the wind howled.  I couldn’t help but wonder if we’d be hiking in the driving rain above timberline all the next day!  Although we didn’t get any rain after about 4 am, the wind continued until dawn.  Surprisingly, the wind was dead calm

9/19/19 – We woke up at the usual time and had breakfast.  Mark had thoughts of hiking to the summit of San Luis Peak (14,014′), so he left camp early to check that out.  We would pass within 1.25 miles (and a 1,400′ vertical feet) of the San Luis Peak summit early today.  This is

9/18/19 – At about 1:30 am, I woke up hearing a snorting, or grunting sound.  Half asleep, I wondered what it might be…maybe an elk?  Then I heard Glenn unzip his tent.  The snorting sound then stopped. When I didn’t hear Glenn zip his tent back up, I decided to get up and check out

9/17/19 – After a pretty good sleep, I woke at about 6:30 to the sound of a cow in distress in the distance.  The birds were also up and chirping away.  After breakfast, we packed up and were back on the trail for a full day of hiking.  The trail followed several forest service roads and

Fourth 2019 Outing – September 16-20 “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.  You must travel it by yourself.  It is not far.  It is within reach.  Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass “The most important reason for

8/23/19 – We woke at 6 am and had a quick breakfast while we packed up our gear.  Bruce said his knee was feeling a lot better, but we decided it would be best to implement the driving plan rather than risk further pain and possibly worsening the injury if it was something more serious

8/22/19 – Woke to a cold morning (32 degrees).  We had a fire and warmed up with coffee and Biscuits and Gravy with Sausage for breakfast (again Mountain Home).  We broke camp and headed out for day 3, and 14.1 miles of hiking.  We began the day climbing 4 miles out of the Tank Seven

8/21/19 – The CDT through hikers were up and nearly gone by the time we crawled out of our tents. We had breakfast and packed up for a long day of hiking.  We weren’t the last to hit the trail though; as there were 2 ladies camped at the edge of the meadow who were