CDT Joy: Darby and New Friends

Day 32: 26.1 miles

The highlight: first day of the marathon. Leaving Anaconda Pinter Wilderness. Hiking in the burning zone.

Last night I could hear a tree creaking while the wind blew through the camp. I went to bed thinking that I never looked up to see if there was any widow (dead trees/ tree limbs) near my store that could fall in the middle of the night. To make things worse, at 1 in the morning, when I could use the bathroom, I swore that I could see a tree inclined to my lighthouse light.

However, in daylight, the place seemed protected with that crooked tree that leaned from my store and not towards it. I need to be aware, especially in these areas of burns to be careful where to acampo.

I got up and moved at 6:30 am and had the zoomies of the path. I invented it and more than several passes and had made more than 12 miles at 12 pm this morning there was a 12 -mile water transport, so it made sense to enjoy lunch next to the stream and filter water. At lunch there were six other hikers who joined me, all who made the Slack package the first day of Anaconda and with whom I reached now.

After lunch and sailed and listened to the Spotify station called Divorced Dad Rock. In the afternoon I met Full Circle that planned to make the peaches alternating in a few miles along with midnight. I was invited to join them for the walk and we were in the alternative Trail Junction.

From there we walk to a mile of the burning zone and back to the forest. We made a camp next to a fire ring at the end of a forest service road and had dinner before the rain began and headed to our tents to spend the night.

Day 33: 11.6 miles.

The highlights: alternative peaches. During the night in Darby.

During the nights there were several thunderstorms that rolled. I lay in my store telling the seconds between lightning and thunder and I could the moment that the storm approached and, while it happened to me. With the storm, a lot of rain and wind arrived and was grateful to continue walking towards a wooded area that was more protected from the wind.

I woke up ready for a city day! I was intimidated by walking with the girls I met because they are fast hikers, but we had a good rhythm in the morning. The substitute took us along a path of forest service and a cabin before walking on another dirt road and again towards a maintenanceless path after orange diamonds stuck in the trees. I was grateful not to walk alone in this section, but it was a good practice and ability to use my gaia application with the unloaded alternative route and use route search skills to return to the red line: the official CDT.

This alternative saved approximately 2 miles of trails in a burning zone and avoided 15 mile water transport, since there was a beautiful stream near the cabin. We also saw and listened to cranes in the distance and could chat a little more on our hikers train.

From the path we walk to the beginning of the path and then walk to the road. At the crossing there was a wide shoulder and we all remove our thumbs for a hitch.

About 10 minutes later, a kind woman and her son gave us an elevator in the city. She told us about the city and how the Yellowstone television program is filmed here. His son appeared in an episode in season 5. In the city they left us in a restaurant and we went to lunch.

On the morning walk I talked about how I was craving ribs and a macaroni with really rich home cheese. When I saw that they had this in the menu, I just needed to get that for lunch. He was so delicious and really gave the place.

After lunch, I wandered to the post office and collected a Ghost Pepper package, which is an early birthday gift. Then I walked to the RV Houses Park, where I had made a reservation to the campaign store and registered. I took a hot shower with an incredible water pressure and then began to wash the clothes and prepare my store to dry on the store of the store.

Welcome to Darby Sign

After the clothes, I made a refueling and then ordered my team for the next section. My phone was overheating in the brilliant afternoon sun through my store and I didn’t carry, so I decided to return to the 406 room to enjoy a beer and a cooler climate and let my phone resume the loaded. Approximately an hour later, midnight and the full circle arrived and I had a taco salad for dinner. At dinner we saw another storm and invited me to join the girls in their hotel to spend the night, since the room had a third twin bed.

Then, after dinner, I returned to RV park and packed my belongings and walked to the hotel at night. Once in the room, the wind picked up and began to rain and was grateful for the protection of a room.

Day 34: 16.4 miles

The highlight: Darby’s semi-ramión hitch.

I slept until 7 am, which was great and woke up feeling renewed. I had a little problem to fall asleep while my mind was running thinking about everything I need to do in the city that I could have missed. During the night it was a bit loaded in the room, but I was glad to keep the windows closed to avoid the noise of the road.

I also realized in the morning that the exit on my twin bed where the wall charger and battery banks were loose, so they did not load during the night as I expected. I found an exit in the kitchen and loaded them for approximately 2 hours. They were not full, but close enough to not have problems to reach our next refueling city in Leadorae in 5-6 days.

While my battery bank was loading, I tried to find the small hole in my sleeping pad using soap and water on the inflated pad and looking for air bubbles. If I go to me by my side during the night, the leak is enough for my hip to land on the floor of the store for when it is tomorrow. This very slow leak means that finding it would be difficult and, unfortunately, I could not locate it in mining. Once the pad was dry, I packed the rest of my team and enjoyed a frozen breakfast sandwich of sausages and eggs that obtained the full circle of the grocery store, and had some water and Gatorade.

After leaving the hotel, the three approached the convenience store of Mr. T, where I took a yerba mate tea. In the store/ service station we saw a group of four hikers who were already waiting for a hitch. They said they had already waited 40 minutes in that place without luck.

After a few minutes hanging there, I could see why. The city was experiencing improvements on the road by sealing the asphalt. This meant that traffic was limited to one direction at the same time and cars at the opposite end of the city were waiting for dozens of minutes to afford there to drive a single file through the city. By the time they reached the other end of the city and saw people who wanted to get hooked, it is likely that it was not in their mind to want to give up even more to offer a walk.

So we decided to walk to the other end of the city, where we think that traffic in a way in which it would be aligned. Our thought was that people would see us while we waited in line and we would have time to think about helping.

He took about 20 minutes walking and 20 minutes waiting near the family dollar. While there we could see that the big platforms pour the tar and fresh gravel. Then, as we expected, a man in a semi truck offered us a 30 -mile lift along the road where Us 93 meets the 43rd highway. The platform was new and sat on the twin bed on the back of the cabin. They treated us with the test magic of a can of Pepsi and I was surprised how soft the truck was driving.

Darby semi-camamion pitch

Once they left us, we took out our thumbs again to get a mile on highway 43 and back to the boss Joseph Pass, where we went down the path. A mile could have been exceptionable, but uphill on a window without shoulder was not great. In a couple of minutes, someone offered a trip back to the pass. He was collecting Huckleberries and reaped more than 6 pounds! Everyone said when they left the hotel at 9 am, they were around 11:30 when we arrived at the pass.

Back along the way, we leave the burns areas. The path began as an exposed dirt road and then came 6 miles later to a wooded track where we stopped for lunch. Cross suit for lunch with peanut butter, peanut butter balls rooms and fried.

I was walking quickly to keep us with everyone, and it was a new fun challenge, since I am usually very tired to get out of the city and take the miles very easy and slow. I overheated a little in the afternoon exposed in the afternoon and I knew that I needed to cool before having a headache. We stopped for a break at a water source shortly after, around 4 pm, and I was able to soak a scarf in cold water to cool off. Also in the water source we plan or the camp for the night. Then, we entered a storm of the night. The first lighting and thunder occurred around 5 pm and 6pm we needed our rain team. The rain continued when we arrived at the camp in Big Hole Pass, so I could quickly prepare my store and entered to wait for the storm.

About 30 minutes later, when the wind and the rain decreased, I ate cuscous for dinner outside the camp in the rain. Outside the rain changed intensity, but I wanted to eat to be able to change my warm and dry sleep clothes to spend the night.

Back in the store, I decided to call it and early at night and rest a little for tomorrow.

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