Lowline Trail - West Elk Wilderness, CO
Lovely hike into the West Elk Wilderness today. The trailhead for this hike is also located off of Ohio Creek Road, below the trailhead for Mill Castle. Great views and glorious fall colors.
Pretty meadow, close to where we decided to turn around.
We had been looking for something to commemorate Doug’s 1000-mile mark on the CDT. On our hike today, we stumbled across these aspen trees that had been cut - perfect for making a “1000″. Great job, Doug, quite an accomplishment!
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Good times and good friends.
Colorado
1986
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Gold Creek Lake in the Mount Zirkel wilderness, Northern Colorado.
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Chillin' by the Green River - Browns Park, CO
We have spent the last 4 nights here at Crook Campground in Browns Park along the Green River. When we arrived at the campground we found out that the mosquitoes here are awful - I think I used up a full bottle of bug spray just to survive! In addition, it was extremely warm and a bit humid. It would have been lovely if we could have sat outside to cool off a bit, but mosquitoes!!!
We did manage to take a couple of hikes - we walked along Wildlife Road, ended up walking 11+ miles on that one. Great views of the river and we encountered a few deer flies (as if the mosquitoes weren't enough to deal with) along the way, but it was a nice way to spend a warm afternoon.
We also took a 6 mile hike in Crouse Canyon on the other side of Swinging Bridge. We ran across a deer and a family of sage grouse - no pictures, they were all too quick to scatter up the hillside.
Swinging Bridge.
We saw these crickets EVERYWHERE - a bit disgusting on the highway from Dinosaur to Maybell, where they were smeared by the thousands on the roadway - ugh! There were just a few of them on our hike today, thank goodness!
Pretty day along the Green River.
Cheers from Browns Park, we head out tomorrow for Rawlins, WY - the golf tour continues!
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A solo set up on the Continental Divide Trail.
Colorado
1977
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