The bog in the morning. A little water across the trail. The junction! Not far to Lodgepole Creek from here. …
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For this trip, we got up at 5:15 in the morning and got ready to go, often leaving our campsite…
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Made it to the Big Creek trailhead parking lot. Time to head out. Crossing Smith Creek on the road. The…
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I got the side of the tent next to some young trees. Without the mesh keeping them out, the branches…
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We planned on going to Blackmare Lake, but we had also prepared ourselves for the possibility that it wouldn’t be…
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Long backpacking trips have a way of changing the way you feel about our place in the world, the way…
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Heading for a morning dip in the hot spring. It’s definitely still hot. Looking up at the trail on the…
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Ambrose is ready to go despite the clouds. So am I! Heading out to Skillern from Big Smoky Canyon Campground…
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Ambrose and I hiked out to the border of Idaho and Nevada so I wouldn’t have to start my hike…
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I got myself up before the sunrise so I could get started. Heading down into the valley. This fence…
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