My watch died so I'm missing half of the loop but it ended up being a bit over 8 miles with my extra hiking Based on where I dropped Ben and Mom off, their approximate hiking speed and where the water sources on the trail are, I did a guthook deep dive (sorry, farout, I …
Well I did a silly thing and my entire post got deleted without a backup so I'm rewriting it now. If there's a slight tone of frustration here that's where it's coming from. From Curecanti I headed to Lake City (and easy hour drive down 149) for a day of wifi and then the plan …
There's a big boat ramp at Curecanti and I wasn't sure if it was free or not so I drove up to the guy and said, is it free to take a kayak out here? And he looked at me like I was crazy and said yes but...where is your kayak? So I explained that …
Continue reading Crewing the CT: Curecanti National Recreation Area
While Ben and Mom hiked CT section 18, I headed up to explore the Gunnison National Forest area. From the drop off it was a two hour drive to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (although a road closure on 50 added between 20 minutes and 2 hours depending on when you hit it). …
Continue reading Crewing the CT: Black Canyon of the Gunnison
When my mom and I were snowed off the Colorado Trail we ended up at a hotel called Monarch Lodge, up the mountain from Salida. I don't know exactly how to describe the hotel to give the full experience but essentially it makes the Shining seem real. It was clearly a great hotel in the …
This summer my mom and brother hiked the Colorado Trail from Highway 112 (mile 302.9) to Durango. As a person who does not acclimate to altitude well the best way for me to be involved was definitely not to hike with them, but to be their support vehicle, setting my car up to live out …
I'm starting to go a little bit stir crazy, as most people are I'm sure. I always get that in the winter but usually the spring is when I can start going camping, especially here in Texas. Now though, I have nowhere to camp but my backyard. So I'm getting into what I usually do …
After arriving in Olympic very late and setting up my tent in the dark while a small mammal of unidentifiable variety scampered around startling me, I headed out to do a long stroll through the Hoh Rainforest. If I was an Ewok, this is where I would live. It was like the opposite of Texas, …
My summer 2018 road trip was my last road trip with Adventure Prius I. The 2005 Prius with more than 240,000 miles on it had a good life, and it was time to pass it on to my cousin. My cousins live in Seattle, which opened up new road trip opportunities for me. Usually when …
So a couple weeks ago we got back from the trip of a lifetime; first we spent a week on an "expedition cruise" through the Galapagos Islands, then we stopped in Lima for a few days and then headed over the mountains to Iquitos to spend 5 days in the Amazon. I never use the …
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