Bolam Pass Colorado, CO Segment 26 Bolam Pass to Hotel Draw Road “The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.” Ralph Waldo Emerson August 19, 2004. We get up early and eat our continental breakfast at the hotel. We drive to Hotel Draw Road and leave Tim’s truck […]
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Year: 2004
Change of Plans
Durango, CO August 17 and August 18, 2004 Durango We had planned on taking the 17th as a rest day in Durango. After discussing things last night, we decided that we would take two rest days. Instead of hiking Segment 25 and 26, we will just hike Segment 26 as a day hike. Several things […]
More Pain, Some Gain
Animas River Colorado, CO Animas River to Little Molas Lake “If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.”~The Houghton Line August 16, 2004. We get up and have breakfast while enduring a very cool breeze this morning. There is a definite damp chill in the air. We start at 9:15 […]
I Got Blisters On My Toes
Elk Creek Gorge, CO High Camp by Old Mining Cabin to Animas River August 15, 2004. Although our camp was higher than the night before, (over 12,000 feet) we did not wake up to any frost. In fact, it was noticeably warmer here than the first night. Temperature got down to about 40 degrees and […]
Carol Touched By Heaven
Pole Creek Colorado, CO Pole Creek to High Camp by Old Mining Cabin August 14, 2004. We wake up this morning and the rain-fly, plastic bags covering the packs, and Carols wet boot were all covered in frost. We are camped at about 10,950 feet and it is brisk out, so we wait for the […]
San Juan Adventure
Carson Saddle, CO Segment 23 Carson Saddle to Rio Grande Reservoir Road August 12, 2004. Today, we left work early to make the drive to Montrose, Colorado. We are staying overnight in Montrose and will get up early tomorrow to park the vehicles and start our hike. We are at the Days Inn and thought […]
Completing Segment 12
Silver Creek Colorado, CO August 1, 2004 The campers next to us are gone when we get up. They were going to attempt to climb Mount Harvard and possibly Columbia, two fourteeners accessible from our camp. It is another beautiful morning. Tim has soup for breakfast and I will tell more about this later. We […]
Hiking to Frenchman Creek
Frenchman Creek Colorado, CO July 31, 2004 We get up and have our usual no cook breakfast of granola/breakfast bars and some Gatorade. It turns into a beautiful morning as we break camp and get ready to go. We are on the trail at 8:50 A.M. and of course we start with a climb. Carol […]
Backpack of Segment 12
Clear Creek Road, CO Segment 12 Clear Creek Rd to North Cottonwood Creek “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” John Muir July 30, 2004 This is another long segment and we decided to backpack it. The entourage […]
Completing Segment 13
July 25, 2004 Today we are hiking the front end of segment 13. It is a fairly short day hike but has a tremendous elevation gain. After setting up the car shuttle, we begin a little after 10:00 A.M. We start at the North Cottonwood Trailhead at 9,400 feet. We cross Silver Creek and start […]