We had a wonderful time on the trail! Rose was a trooper, of course. I’m not sure why, but there’s so much catch up when we return from backpacking. I’ll be back with photos very soon!
Category Archives: On the Colorado Trail
Unconscious Mutterings on vacation this week
Sorry folks, I asked Pea if I could have the prompts early, but no can do. I can’t post them from the Colorado Trail. We shall mutter again next Sunday, promise! Cheers! Claudia
On the trail….
I’m heading out today, Friday, for the Colorado Trail. In 2006, we quit our jobs and left our home to hike the 450 miles of the Colorado Trail. We made it 150 miles to Leadville before the snow (in August) pushed us off the trail. We’d promised ourselves we would continue on the trail one…
Grind a bit in paradise.
“We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller I love the trill of starting something new.? I research every possibility.? I conducted endless conversations about what’s “right”. Then the moment comes! I jump in feet first. I can sustain my new and exciting project for…
Enough feeling sorry for ourselves!
Where have I been? I have been super busy feeling sorry for myself. First I was upset that we left the trail, lost in the middle of our modern life. Then there was much t(d)rama over what was supposed to be a nice weekend with friends. Hell, then there was just unabashed sorry feeling. Hey,…
On a break…
We were snowed on last Monday….our tent froze last Tuesday… the big fat storm clouds rolled in on Thursday…. all this and our winter clothing was 2 weeks away. We had checked the weather averages… but I guess it’s not an average year this year. It’s snowing in the high country as I write this….
To the edge again…
We leave in a few hours to rejoin the trail. It snowed last night in the high country, so it will be interesting.? We have been able to refine our gear (again!) and also received more inspiration from Andy Skurka.? We will hike for the next couple of weeks, then join our friends in South…
Finding Human Remains
We were hiking in the Buffalo Creek Fire Zone, exhausted, and looking for a tent site. We finally find this place, in a wash, under a widowmaker – sigh – but we simply couldn’t go any father. Low and behold, there is an entire, intact human skelton there. Some of it is scattered. Most of…
80 miles…. down….
It’s been hard… Ok really hard. Every day we are both confronted with our own demons. His sound like “What’s the point?” and mine sound like “no matter how hard I try, I am just not going to be able to do this”. But here we are 80 miles later. We aren’t going very fast….
Green Acres
To the tune of Green Acres theme song: He says: “Colorado Trail is the place for me, Mountain Living is the life for me, Backpacking from Denver to Durango! Keep Denver just give me that mountianside.” I say: “At home is where I’d rather stay, I do not think I can live that way, I…