“After a day’s walk everything has twice its usual value.” ~George Macauley Trevelyan Twin Lakes Dam, CO Segment 11b – Twin Lakes Dam to Clear Creek Road June 25, 2004 This week we are going to complete Segment 11. We are starting where we left off near Twin Lakes Dam and hiking the remainder to […]
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Month: June 2004
Finishing our Two Night Backpack
Herrington Creek, CO June 20, 2004 We get up, eat, and break camp. We are on our way at 9:00 A.M. We climb out of Herrington Creek drainage and soon come to an aspen lined meadow with a beautiful mountain view. It would make a great campsite, although it had no water. We stop to […]
Rock Creek to Herrington Creek
Rock Creek, CO June 19, 2004 We awake to a sunnier day and sleep in until it warms up a bit. After a hearty breakfast of snack bars, it is time to start packing up. We start out at 9:30 A.M. and cross Rock Creek. It is a steady climb back up over 11,000 feet. […]
First Hike of 2004
The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, so bring snacks and a magazine Hagerman Pass, CO Segment 10 – Hagerman Pass Road to Half Moon Creek June 18, 2004 Our first trip of the year and a backpack at that. Tim “Turf Toe” Trofholz has hurt his foot and won’t find out until July […]