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Mileage: 17 miles Weather: Below freezing morning and sunny afternoon with high winds The morning hike started at 5:35am. We woke up to completely frozen shoes and socks. My shoes laces were sticking straight outward. Family Mule could only get his feet half in… Continue Reading “Day 6 of the Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 18 miles Weather: Cold and snowy This was a very rough day, actually my worse day yet. I was ready to call an Uber (if I could have got one there) and leave. I was done being wet and cold. We got an… Continue Reading “Day 5 on Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 12.5 miles Elevation Change: 1,334ft Weather: Sunshine, high 54, low 31 It rained all night and in to the morning. We woke up to some ice! It was cold switching out clothes. Once we started walking it helped. My shoes were soaked. I… Continue Reading “Day 3 on the AZT”
Mileage: 18 miles Weather: strong winds, rain at night, cloudy, 51 degrees during the day and 29 degrees at night. We started the day in cold and wet conditions. We saw 4 deer within the first 10 minutes! They were much smaller than what… Continue Reading “Day 2 on the AZT”
Last night was rough with trying to sleep on slanted ground. Family Mule and I woke up to Dreamer and Tiny Turtle’s tent on our tent after it rolled! We had a 4:30 am start to make today’s push. It was dark so we… Continue Reading “Day 32”
We woke up to some light rain this morning. We packed up and started hiking around 6:30. We had to push 15 miles today. From Corliss Camp the trail takes a steep incline to the summit of Butternut Mountain. We continued to… Continue Reading “Day 31”
We had an early start this morning. The trail was mostly an easy hike. Shortly after we began the hike we came to a suspension bridge. The bridge had an amazing view! We refilled our water bottles at Roundtop Shelter. The water source is… Continue Reading “Day 30”
It was a chilly morning. We woke up early to watch the sunrise from the top of the mountain. It was gorgeous and worth a little loss of sleep. We packed up and headed out for today’s hike towards town. After a short distance… Continue Reading “Day 28”
Today it was so cold and windy. It made it hard to want to get out of our sleeping bags and get hiking but you won’t finish the journey if you don’t get up and MOVE. It’s only one step at a time.
We were slow to break down camp this morning. We were not sure how Tiny Turtle was going to be feeling. We knew if he was still sick then we would have another night at this camp. Luckily, he woke up as though nothing… Continue Reading “Day 25 on the Vermont Long Trail”
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