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Day 17: Pie Town & The Toaster House
May 9th Off Ed Jones Rd before Pie Town(302.4)-Pie Town(318.9) 16.5mi I got to hiking by 6:30am and was motivated knowing I was headed into town. I slept amazingly well and it was in the mid 30s where I camped. I was in an area where ranchers have a lot of no...
Day 16: High Point: Literally and Figuratively
May 8thJust N of Aragon Well(277.9)-Off Ed Jones Rd before Pie Town(302.4)24.5miI set the alarm for 5:10am and was hiking by 6:10am. It tends to take me about an hour to pack up in the morning. Temps lately have been considerably colder. I could see my breath inside...
Day 15: Back On The CDT…I Think…
May 7thDutchman Spring(257.9)-Just N of Aragon Well(277.9)22miI got hiking about 7am this morning. Later than I'd like, but it was in the 30s and my motivation to get out of my warm sleeping bag was minimal. Just as I started hiking up the road, two hunters drove by...
Day 14: Thank You Clouds!
May 6th Snow Lake(232.1)-Dutchman Spring(257.9) 25.8mi I didn't get a good night's sleep because it rained on and off throughout the night. I was awoken by light rain at 11pm, then wind gusts and rain at 1am, and a steady rain at 4am. My alarm went off at 6am and it...
Day 13: Stretching My Legs in the Gila
May 5th Jordan Hot Springs(203.1)-Snow Lake Campground(232.1) 28mi My alarm was set for 5:30am this morning and I woke up at 5:27am hearing a light rain on my tent. We had heard that there was a slight chance of rain tomorrow, but weren't expecting it this morning....
Day 12: Gila Heaven (Part 2)
May 4th Doc Campbell's (189.3)-Jordan Hot Springs(203.1) 16mi Here is the second half of day twelve. It was about 2:30pm when Sweetfish and I got back on trail and headed down the Middle Fork of the Gila River. The goal was to make it to a popular Jordan Hot Springs...
Day 12: Gila Heaven (Part 1)
May 4th Doc Campbell's (189.3)-Jordan Hot Springs(203.1) 13.8mi Today was such a great day that I need to split it into two parts to be able to load all the pictures I want to load. It was our coldest night yet last night. It got just below freezing and all our wet...
Day 11: River Crossings & Hot Springs
May 3rd Gila River(173.3)-Doc Campbell's 20.5mi We slept in this morning and didn't leave until 7:15am to let it warm up a bit because we knew we would be crossing the Gila River a lot today. It was 34 degrees when we woke up and us girls were having flashbacks to our...
Day 10: The Gila Rollercoaster
May 2nd Gila National Forest(153.1)-Gila River(173.3) 20.5mi Last night dropped into the upper 30s and I was warm and comfy in my sleeping bag and tent. Tonight is when the big drop in temps is supposed to happen so it may get below freezing. It was nice this morning...
Day 9: Entering The Gila
Silver City(144.5)-Gila National Forest(153.7)9.2miWe stayed in Silver City until 3pm when it cooled off. I was hoping for our first full zero day (no miles hiked day) because I bounce myself (a box you send to yourself repeatedly on trail) my laptop every few weeks...
Southern Terminus(Crazy Cook) to Silver City, NM (0-144.5)
Every few weeks, I will bounce my computer to myself and upload all my photos and videos from the previous section. Here is what I have from the first part of the CDT...on the PCT, there was a program I could easily use (Craigs PCT Planner) that gave me a jpeg of a...
Gossamer Gear Mariposa Pack on the CDT
Photo courtesy of fellow CDTer Elisabeth Chaplin. I've been on the Continental Divide Trail for over a week now and I thought I'd do a quick review on how my new Gossamer Gear Mariposa Pack is holding up. Many of you know that I made a big effort to reduce my pack...
Day 8: Road Walking to Silver City
April 30th On the side of the dirt road(125.4)-Silver City,NM(144.5) 19.1mi(.5 to the hotel)=19.6mi Today was the road walk to Silver City. I wanted to get it done as early as possible since it was a town day and also just to avoid the road in the heat. I woke up...
Day 7: A Welcomed Change of Scenery
April 29thSolar Windmill(103)-On the side of the dirt road(125.4)22.4miAfter yesterday's hot weather we were sure to get an earlier start and were hiking at 6:30am. The night didn't get as cold as I anticipated and it was already warm at 5:30am when my alarm went off....
Day 6: A Hot, Dry Day
April 28th Lordsburg, NM(85.3)-Solar Windmill(103.6) 18.3mi We got a leisurely start this morning and left town by 9:30am. We are already a bit ahead of schedule and thinking of not taking a full zero at Silver City in a couple days because we are feeling good. It's...