COVID UPDATE: Day 9 since symptoms appeared. I’m 95% symptom free, no fever, trying to get my legs back after laying in bed for 5 days. Still testing positive. I’m going to hold of hitching up to Gunnison until I’m not infectious. Note: I did not HIKE to Lake City this quickly.  It was a…

One month on trail, and I’m in Pagosa Springs, CO. This includes skipping the 250 or so miles north of Grant which was closed due to fires. It’s not like I hiked 821 miles in a month. Escaping to and from Chama Once they closed the forest, there was a mad stampede for everyone to…

Day 1 – 23 miles Did the very long road walk out of Pie Town at just around 7am this morning. I rolled into camp around 7pm. Long day. I took a two hour break at the TLC ranch. They put out water for hikers and let us rest in the shade of their old…

May 8 WARNING – Big post.  Set aside more than a minute. First full day out of Docs.  I did 22 miles on the Gila, a total of 165 crossings for the day.  For the most part it was the same sort of mix, most zero-effort calf-deep stuff, with a few, faster thigh-high crossings.  The…

Leaving Silver City I did the seven-mile roadwalk out of Silver City to Doc Campbell’s Post on the Gila River. Because why not walk on MORE asphalt. Still the walk was not without its diversions. I have no idea why someone has a Ringwraith outside their house. The trail connected to some dirt roads in…