Finally made with the basin and in Colorado

We arrive in Colorado! Hello from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in the middle of the CDT as for the time for Beanie Baby and me. This is our fourth state along the way (after Montana, a little Idaho and Wyoming) and we are ecstatic that we have got so far!

Leaving Rawlins, Beanie Baby and I «yellow» or hook a little of the horrible road walk to omit some sources of pavement water and disgusting cows pond. We ended up taking the red line (the official CDT route) after our hitch, what we learned is something that most people do not do for that section. Our first day included a beautiful and easy path that crosses more deserted (but more hill than the great divide basin). We saw a lot of cows and even a tuition walking through Artemis! We camp next to the rightly named Muddy Creek and applauded ourselves in the distance we had been able to cross in such a short period of time.

The next morning, Beanie Baby and I woke up with a constant rainfall of rain hitting the sides of our store. It was cold and sad outside, and we took off shortly after knocking down the store and breakfast. However, we soon come to realize the seriousness of our situation. We could barely walk along the road, which was covered with slippery mud that was filled while we walked and clinging to the bottom of our paths of trails, adding pounds of unnecessary weight. The mud slowed us so much that we finally discovered that we could only walk around one mile per hour. Beanie Baby and I returned cold and irritable in rain and slow mud, and we realized that we needed to establish our store in the middle of the day to keep us hot. After the rain failed and the road surface became more passable, we took off again along the path at a much faster rate than before.

Near our day, we saw a fun view: a cow had somehow trapped on the wrong side of a cow rack and the entire herd of cows wandered to try to help this poor cow. We have seen more cows than any other animal in recent weeks along the way, and although its poop contaminates water sources and trampling destroys native vegetation, sometimes they can be very entertaining.

When Beanie Baby and I approached the camp, we began to see things that had begun to feel strange to us. Things like trees. And hills. And, surprisingly, even some mountains. We go to the views and go anxiously forward on the path, beyond being excited to be in the forest again with fresh and clear streams like our main sources of water. We arrived at a camp at night after walking 27 miles, we go to wolves, pizza, pasta, salad and several cakes, and then we left the city early the next morning to reach steam springs in time to see our families, who knew us there.

The first day after the camp, Beanie Baby and I finally, we finally arrive in Colorado! We had been walking with drilling rain through the forest for a while, a welcome change of the Soldo Sol and the landscape of the flat desert of the basin, when we find the border. The rocks spells «wy» and «co» with a line on the other side of the border were a welcome view, and we celebrated with pickles and chocolate! Some hikers who had just met Dirtstew and Portomouse arrived at the border at the same time as us and we also celebrated with them. He felt incredible to have arrived so far in the CDT, and now we only have two states to go!

In the direction of Colorado, we arrive at the desert of Mount Zirkel, our first taste of the true mountain peaks from the beautiful range of Wind River in Wyoming. Beanie Baby and I climbed up to 12,000 feet, the highest we have been on the road so far.

The path in this section was more hoarse than the basin, but it is still quite crossing with gradual elevation gain and many dirt roads. We could definitely feel strengthening, since the long days felt easier than before.

The weather also really began to cool off! We had a couple of nights below the freezing, which we expected before on the path, but they barely obtained from Glacier. The mornings felt even colder, and we accelerated to stay hot.

Labor Day, we finally met our families at Steamboat Springs! We were very happy to see everyone and grateful to make the trip here. It is wonderful that people support us on this trip.

For now, we will be decreasing a bit while my dad and my cousin join us for a few days of backpack. We are excited by a change of rhythm and a good company on the way!

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