Colorado Trail Thru Hike, Summer 2015
Day 1 11.8mi (mile 11.8) Lola and I are picked up at our house by ColoradoRob (his trail name) at 6 a.m. Lola made him cookies as thanks. ColoradoRob takes some pictures of us with my phone at the official Colorado Trail northern terminus sign at 6:45 am. Aaaaaaaaaaaand they're off! Four young Big Horn sheep holding their ground in Waterton Canyon make us wait to pass. In the canyon, the trail is a wide dirt road for six miles. They let us go by in a minute or two. We chat with two solo thru hikers while tanking up on water at Bear Creek. Get to camp right as rain starts. Set up tent quickly. Pool of water begins form under the tent, so when the rain lets us we move the tent across the trail to higher ground. Met a mom and two daughters hiking to Bailey. Day 2 11.6 miles (mile 23.4) Up at 5:00 a.m., leave at 6:45 a.m. Pass by the mom and two daughters’ campsite. Make it to segment 2, the mom and two daughters decide to call it quit