There he goes. On the CDT south of Lander,  Wy.  The land scape is starting to change now as we head towards the Rockies. He has about 25 miles to hike today to get to our meeting spot.  Hot and windy today. High of 86. Lots of sunscreen needed.  We are staying at a remote lodge for the next few nights. No cell service and no electricy.  Everything runs on solar and propane. 

We haven't had cell service for a few days now. Had to drive an extra 40 miles just to use my phone. I guess you could say we are in the middle of no where. I dropped Rick off about an hour outside of Lander, Wy. This is the dirt road we were on. Took us 30 min. to drive 11 miles. Ugh!

The Great Basin

Made it through Rawlins and heading North.  The terrain looks like the desert that I hiked in last spring in New Mexico. Not feeling very well, only got 18 miles done today.

Bridger Pass

Hiking Sunday, going over Bridger Pass on the CDT. Heading towards Rawlins, Wy.  Got 25 miles in today.

After hiking 20 miles in the snow for 2 days he took Friday off to recoup. We decided to move to a lower elevation to get out of the snow. He hit the trail again Saturday morning near Rawlins. Elevation is about 7500 ft. By the time the day was done he had hiked about  27 miles today. It's  amazing how fast he can go when not in thigh high snow

SNOW

This is the picture Rick sent me last night as he was getting ready to set up camp. He ended up hiking in snow all day. Hiked for 8 hrs. and only got 6 miles. The trail markers were all under snow, so had to use his GPS most of the day. The marker in the picture is the only one he saw all day.

Wyoming

Well, we made it to Wyoming and I dropped Rick at the Pipeline trailhead in the Medicine Bow National Forest. Elevation is between 9,000 and 10,000 ft. Saw some snow in places on the way up the mountain.

Home for the night.

Still in Nebraska. Who new, we thought it was all corn fields.

Sunset

We are camping tonight! What a gorgous sunset. We are in the McKelvie National Forest.

Nebraska

Sunday morning we hiked at the Homestead National Monument, just outside Beatrice, Nebraska. And continued on.

Saturday morning we drove to the Effigy Mounds National Monument (also in Iowa) and hiked for a  couple of hours. Very interesting.

Upper Mississippi

We left Middlebury on Friday morning and stopped in Chicago and had lunch with Greg. We continued on and stopped for the night in a cute little town in Northern Iowa. We stayed right on the banks of the Mississippi.

Southern States

Southern States

We stayed home the month of March and got some things done, but continued our quest to hike more National Forests in the months of April and May. We visited Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Southern Indiana. Next week we are heading west to hike the CDT again. We will start in Wyoming while waiting for the snow to melt and then double back to Colorado to finish where I left off last summer when I hurt my back. Here are a few pictures from our hikes in the South.

Hawaii

From American Samoa we flew back to Hawaii and spent 3 more weeks. We hiked and did a lot of sight seeing on Oahu, Maui and The Big Island. We hiked on the Volcanoes in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Also hiked 14 miles in Haleakala National Park. Hawaii is beautiful. Like no other place we have ever been.

American Samoa

Well, we are back at it again. We will be attempting to hike every National Forest in the U.S.  I will try and catch you all up to date. The middle of January we spent a week in American Samoa. We hiked almost every day and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and weather.