by Melanie McManus | Aug 24, 2026 | By Location, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals, United States, Wyoming
Today’s plan was simple. Hike up to Sweetwater Creek (yes, the same one I camped near last night) and set up camp. It wasn’t a long trek, but involved a TON of uphill, often steep, so I knew I wouldn’t be moving quickly, between my bad knee and heavy bear vault....
by Melanie McManus | Aug 25, 2026 | By Location, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals, United States, Wyoming
What a day for the books! First off, it stormed for about three hours last night. I tried to protect everything in my tent from getting wet, but it was a lost cause. It certainly didn’t help that I was camped on a rocky area, so I couldn’t stake down my tent. Somehow...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 26, 2026 | By Location, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals, Uncategorized, United States, Wyoming
Every day is so … fraught! Where to begin. I raced to grab my phone and watch from the proprietors at 6:30 a.m. – they were charging them overnight – only to find neither device had charged! After a lot of head-scratching, we realized my knock-off Apple charging cord...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 27, 2026 | By Location, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals, United States, Wyoming
Ay, yi, yi. Slept OK last night, considering I was on a slant. Woke up earlier and hit the trail by 8 a.m. The plan was to hike about 14 miles (22.5 km) along the CDT to a series of trails leading to the Boulder Lake Trailhead. Then I’d head down the trails (about 12...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 28, 2026 | By Location, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals, United States, Wyoming
Irish and ReRun agreed to pick me up from the Scab Creek Trailhead for gas money. Perfect! I woke up early, after a nice night in the Scab Creek Campground, then trekked down the road to meet ReRun. ReRun was chatting with two other hikers who had gotten off of the...
