Day 17: Gail Tank to CDT mile 355.2, 25.6 miles Day 18: CDT mile 355.2 to Pie Town Road Walk mile 1.5, 22.4 miles Total miles: 298.5 We have entered the part of the trip where there is a lot …
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CDT Days 15 & 16: Middle Fork of the Gila Part 2
Day 15: Gila Alt mile 47.3 to mile 62.8, 15.5 miles Day 16: Gila Alt mile 62.8 to Gail Tank, 18.9 miles Total miles: 250.5 Surprise, it was chilly again this morning! I read that New Mexico could be cold, …
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CDT Day 13: into the Gila
Gila Alternate mile 13 to 29.7: 16.7 miles Total miles: 198.5 It was a chilly morning as we broke down camp, and stayed that way for awhile. The trail was rough and in the shade, so it was hard to …

CDT Days 4 & 5: the very blustery days
mile 53.4 to mile 74.8: 21.4 miles mile 74.8 to Lordsburg: 10.1 miles Total miles: 84.9 miles We had a quick climb in the morning to the top of a saddle on the ridge we camped just south of. We …

recipe: colcannon cakes
With Thanksgiving upon us, I’m going to keep this short and sweet; you need to crimp that pie crust after all! As I write, our house is warm with the scent of cinnamon, ginger, and sugar from the pies in …

Wyoming: Grand Teton
From South Dakota we headed west to Wyoming; first stop, Grand Teton National Park. We had hoped the smoke from the wildfires in the northeast would dissipate, but the winds weren’t in our favor. We stopped for lunch on Jackson …