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Day 0

We made it to Maine!  Still haven’t gotten to the start of the trail yet but that’ll happen first thing tomorrow morning. Today has been a long exhausting day of travel.  Neither of us slept well during our red eye … Continue reading

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Day 120

Last night after I was in bed, Chance, Piper and Kevin showed up. They had taken a different route that was a bit longer, more canyons, but doesn’t go by the Cliff Dwellings (they hitched there today to see them). … Continue reading

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Day 95

Today was the western part of my loop through the San Juans. It was amazing alpine country all the way, but what made it special was the wildlife. In the morning, I scared off a herd of elk with a … Continue reading

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Day 94

Managed to get most of my chores done before the grocery store opened. I quickly shopped and got ready to go. I had to head for the opposite end of town, so I stopped for some early lunch and ran … Continue reading

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Day 63

I met a northbounder named Dwayne this morning, just before the first water in 27 miles. He gave me the water situation going forward – better than expected. He was also pretty crazy! Told me he swam across a lake … Continue reading

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Day 58

Big thunder and lightning kept me up a bit, but it seemed to blow over pretty quickly. In the morning everything was dry and I got rolling pretty easily. I made my first wrong turn of the day right away, … Continue reading

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Day 49

I was in bed for 11 hours last night, even though I got up at 5:15. We got hiking just as it was light enough to barely see the trail – not too often I’ve done that. We crossed the … Continue reading

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Day 37

Hi Everyone, it’s Hailey and I’ll be writing day 37. I just returned from visiting Ryley in Dillon, Montana, a little town with a population of ~3000 that surprisingly had a Patagonia outlet store. Sunday was another relaxing day. We … Continue reading

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pictures of Glacier National Park

Hi Everyone, Hailey here. I just received Ryley’s camera memory card in the mail. Here is a link to the gallery. CDT Montana Part 1

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Day 18

Into Lincoln today, so we were up early and eager at 6am. Overnight there had been some thunderstorms but it cleared up nicely for us. The miles were pretty tough and we were short on water for the first 2000 … Continue reading

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