Day 21 Starting location: Seven Tank Creek Ending location: Baldy Lake Distance: 11 miles Elevation gained: 2000 ft Photo: hail 1 word summary of the day: Hail Last night was another night without storms (other than the few sprinkles that I had while cooking dinner) which was a nice trend. I was on my own as neither Veda nor Wonder ended up hiking as far as I did, but it was a great camp by the creek and I was glad that I had pushed on. I slept in a l...

Day 20 Starting location: South Fooses Creek East Ending location: Seven Tank Creek Distance: 21 miles Elevation gained: 3200 ft Photo: mountains and the dry trail 1 word summary of the day: miles! For the second night in a row we had very little rain! It rained for about 15 minutes around 9pm, but then stopped for the rest of the night and once again a dry tent in the morning. Today was a marathon day in terms of miles hiked - 21 miles, a new record!...

Day 19 Starting location: Sand Creek Ending location: South Fooses Creek East Distance: 15.5 miles Elevation gained: 2600 ft Photo: Aspen forest 1 word summary of the day: sluggish Well it actually ended up NOT raining last night for once! It had sprinkled a little during the afternoon, but woke up to a dry tent this morning which was quite nice - hate packing and carrying a wet tent that weighs twice as much wet as dry! Even with a dry tent, I was sti...

Day 18 Starting location: Dry Creek Ending location: Sand Creek Distance: 17 miles Elevation gained: 2000 ft Photo: halfway there sign! 1 word summary of the day: milestone So the rain did continue last night after it graciously stopped to allow me to put up my tent and have dinner - so I did have to pack up a wet tent after all. Today was a longer day in terms of miles, but the walking wasn't too hard even though the scenery wasn't the greatest. About...

Day 17 Starting location: Buena Vista Ending location: Dry Creek Distance: 9.5 miles Elevation gained: 1400 ft Photo: campsite at Dry Creek 1 word summary of the day: hail :-( A bit of a last start today as Cynthia and I didn't hit the trail until 12:30pm and took advantage of our time in town. Of course I still wasn't able to sleep in and woke at 5am, but managed to doze until 6 when I had my first breakfast of left over pizza from last night :-). Then...