Aug 16thMT Hwy 2/Butte(2382.5)-3mi before Nez Perce Creek(2414.5)Campsite Elevation: 7,567ft32miI got up at 5:45am this morning after being up til 12:30am loading new audiobooks onto my MP3 player. I don't think I ever really woke up today and was pretty sluggish and...

Oh man, what a day! I am closing in on Canada and I know all of you can feel it cause I got a flood of emails and calls today! Many asking if it's too late to send anything. Well, sadly it is unless you want to send it directly to the East Glacier location listed on...

Aug 14th 3mi N of Burton Park TH(2365.3)-MT Hwy 2/Butte(2382.5) 17.2mi I got going by 6:30am this morning and was excited because it was town day AND tomorrow is my seventh ZERO! It hasn't felt that long, but when I did the calculations, I realized that since my last...

Aug 13thAmerican Creek(2330.6)-3mi N of Burton Park TH(2365.3)Campsite Elevation: 7,279ft34.7miI awoke this morning to a very damp and cold tent and gear. I was camped in a bit of a canyon and everything was wet from the rain last night, so there was no avoiding it. I...

Aug 12thE Fork Rock Creek(2296.5)-American Creek(2330.6)Campsite Elevation: 7,011ft34.1miI haven't been setting an alarm this leg as a promise to myself. I woke up on my own at 5:50am and could tell that I had gotten over the crappy exhaustion I go through a few days...

Aug 11thWest of Bear Lake(2269.4)-E Fork Rock Creek(2296.5)Campsite Elevation: 8,413ft27.1miAgain, I woke up pretty drained and I knew it would be another long and tiring day with menstrual cramps. It just sucks the life out of me and knocks me out for a couple of...

Aug 10th5mi N of Gibbons Pass(2239.6)-West of Bear Lake(2269.4)Campsite Elevation: 8,304ft29.8miLast night the wind picked up in the middle of the night and we were very happy to be in the shelter of the trees. Only problem was that there was a nearby tree that...

Aug 9th Hwy 43/Darby(2227.6)-5mi N of Gibbons Pass(2239.6) Campsite Elevation: 7,201 12mi I was very happy to sleep in this morning in the motel. I am LOVING the independence and quiet of my own motel room. The plan was to leisurely leave Darby once I got my town...

Aug 8th1.5mi before 4th of July Creek(2,196.6)-Hwy 43/Darby31miOh man, today was exhausting! I think it would have been tiring independently, but to do it just after a 38mi and 35mi day made it completely exhausting. I started hiking with Stopwatch and Optimist at...

Aug 7th Pioneer Creek(2,164.6)-1.5mi before 4th of July Creek(2,196.6) Campsite Elevation: 8,939ft 32mi I woke up pretty early this morning and got going by 6:10am. Both Bloodbath & Rampage and Stopwatch & Optimist were still in their tents as light was coming...

Aug 6th2mi after Wagonbox Spring(2126.5)-Pioneer Creek(2,164.6)Campsite Elevation: 7,285ft38.1miI got to hiking by 6:20am this morning and was surprised by how much downhill there still was. It was great! Yesterday, the end of the day had quite a lot of downhill, so I...

Aug 5thBannock Pass ID 29/ Leadore, ID(2104.4)-2mi after Wagonbox Spring(2126.5)Campsite Elevation: 8,350ft22.1miOh man, it felt great to sleep in and wake up leisurely in my own hotel room. This is the third night this trail that I've had a room to myself and it was...

Aug 4th6mi N of Morrison Lake(2085.7)-Bannock Pass ID 29/ Leadore, ID18.7miToday was a town day, so I woke up excited and got going by 6:15am. The sunrise was nice and I continued on the rolling dirt road walk along the Divide. By 7:30am, I caught up to the group of...

Aug 3rdDeadman Lake(2052.4)-6mi N of Morrison Lake(2085.7)Campsite Elevation: 9,255ft33.3miToday I spent most of the day hiking with Bloodbath, Rampage, Aquaman, and Sweet As. Cherry Picker and Dain slept in and started later, so we knew we'd see them in town...