CDT JOB: Only a sobo girl who lives in a Nobo world

Day 23: 9.6 miles

The highlight: Macdonald Pass. Stay with Julie and Steve.

This morning I woke up just before 6 in the morning and enjoyed staying hot in my sleeping bag for a while. I had less than 10 miles to the city and was not being collected until noon. He felt good to have extra time in the morning store knowing that he had made great miles the day before to prepare for success today.

I got up and packed, then headed from the camp, about 0.3 miles from the CDT near a bath water source, and followed a dirt road that appeared on my maps to join the CDT in half a mile.

From the CDT, I went to some radio towers and a fire path. I took a mid -morning break to stretch, eat and catch up with life with a cell service and went to the road to the road and to Macdonald Pass.

I met a couple at Bob Marshall Wilderness who gave me their contact information for the support of Paths in Helena. Julie picked me up from the path and took me to the city to shower and wash clothes at home. Then, I had a fantastic replenishment in Winco (its bulk container section had everything a hiker could dream) and obtained a can of Sportsman on the other side of the street.

Then, we headed to the center of Helena and a brewery for a birthday celebration, and I joined my path of trails for a family dinner of pork chops, corn, potato salad and a green summer salad. Hiker Hunger had definitely installed and ate several rounds of food before setting myself in my chair with a dinner conversation.

I went to bed in a guest room around 8 pm and stayed awake to download a book recommended by Steve & Julie by author Steve Clelland named Ultralight Backpacking Tips. They recommended some book recipes and I am always looking for new light meter creations.

Day 24: 14.5 miles

The highlight: leaving Helena.

I woke up feeling very renewed and the bottom of my feet was no longer painful. I climbed the stairs to have coffee and talked while preparing the most incredible breakfast; A Dutch pancake with peaches, bananas and fresh of garden raspberries. The dish was covered with powdered sugar and had a side of bacon.

Breakfast with Julie and Steve

After breakfast, I packed my backpack and reserved accommodation in my next city of Anaconda 3.5 days away. The lodge of the painters’ portal was already completely reserved, but I managed to get another nearby motel for two nights. Subsequently, Julie left me where they picked me up less than 24 hours before and returned to the path walking again.

The single -clue path crossed a few hills, through a sea walk, and then spit it on a dirt road and through a small area of burns. Then, without any signage, a single track through a prado narrow that remained of the path was now the CDT. After realizing that I passed this «cross», I returned to the grain and I could see a publication in the distance.

I am accepting that this is the typical CDT and the signaling is established with a north mentality (Nebo). If there is a unique road/ road crossing, it is unlikely that the path is obvious to one south. I use my Farout application to give me clues about what the path will do at each crossing and will appear at the point of having the distance and time between verifying the application to confirm that I am still on the road.

On the unique track there were enough blows that made hiking slow. I stopped for lunch in a record and then went ahead, below and around all the fallen trunks on the road. In the afternoon, there was another long road road, exposed and without water before another path appeared magically to the right of the road to continue the CDT.

One of the many coatings that I crossed today

The afternoon had some dark clouds rolling and some slight rain drops, but the sky cleared in an hour of the sunny skies again. I felt slow in the afternoon and decided that I would camp early for the night to listen to my body and allow it to rest. Sometimes, leave a big city, stop my body, take one or two days to adapt through the walk. The 3 in the forest is when the zoomies and energy for large miles are more likely.

I stopped at 5 pm near a rock outcrop and made a dry and lyophilized Tikka that I collected in the city. He had homemade cookies for dessert and prepared the store for the night. It was 6 pm, after everything was done and decided to rest. I woke up again around 9 pm and enjoyed sunset before I fell asleep to spend the night.

Day 25: 25.3 miles

The highlights: swamps, ponds and meadows

Today he felt routine. I woke up naturally, I packed my team and got to the road. Today was a single track and mostly wooded landscapes that gave memories of a typical day in the AT.

Today’s weather was cloudy and brought colder temperatures and made an excellent hiking day. While working to execute my perfect hiking routine for the day, I started drinking my breakfast mud and having a morning bar before a break at a break after a routine that I created before the path approximately 2.5 hours in the day. Then, I heard the Wait podcast, wait, don’t tell me to catch up with current events and sailed for some miles.

This morning I went through a crossroads warned in the Farout application. When I got there, it was the best marking of any union I have seen. For Sobo, we only continue straight, and for Nobo it was a bifurcation on the road with the right bifurcation of the path signed several times to mark the CDT. Why should this be warned? Those nobles have it so good.

Warning of a path of trails

Another 2.5 hours in the day and it was time to lunch. I ate around 1,000 calories in less than 15 minutes: 2 ingrobies, cheese, it is a homemade cookie and rice cookies. I took a 30 -minute nap next to a tree by putting my feet in my backpack to give them some elevation and a break for the day. Then, another 2.5 hours of hiking while listening with an audiobook outbreak of an audiobook before a 15 -minute record break.

Here I looked for potential camps and upcoming water sources. I found a place about 5-6 miles along the road near the water that sounded great. The chosen camp had 2 tents when I arrived. I have not seen a single human today walking and only my luck, the only ones that I find camping in the place I planned and there was no additional space.

Tent site for tonight

So, I kept walking and looked at my maps for other camp options. Another mile on the road seemed like a possible camp, so I kept walking. I arrived at the camp around 6:45 pm and prepared my store before preparing dinner. It was 8 pm for when I prepared everything for the bed and then I fell asleep.

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