by Melanie McManus | Feb 12, 2019 | Blog, Hiking
When you’re new to anything, you’ve got to learn the jargon. Whether we’re talking a new job, hobby or activity, everything has a language of its own. Same with hiking. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links (among regular links) to products...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 4, 2025 | Colorado, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals
Today we spent a wonderful zero day – no hiking! – in Grand Lake. We weren’t just resting, though. We picked up a hiker box from the post office and mailed some things back. We stopped at two grocery stores to pick up some supplies. And we asked around town for...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 3, 2025 | Colorado, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals
Last night was so great in the posh Big Rock Campground. Ed and I decided to sleep in until 6:30 a.m., since we had – what we thought – was an easy, relatively flat hike into Grand Lake. Not quite. On our way before 8 a.m., we quickly clicked off the first mile-plus...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 26, 2025 | Colorado, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals
I’ve said it many times, but you always have to be prepared to pivot when hiking a long-distance trail. That can be hard for Type-A people like me, who love to create itineraries and stick to them. But between the weather, the terrain and, now, my older age, you have...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 24, 2025 | Colorado, Continental Divide 2022 - ?, Trail Journals
It was sort of hard to get back on the trail today, after slackpacking for two days and staying in the Twin Lakes Inn for three nights. Mike agreed to drop off Shroomer first, just a mile down the road. Then he took me back to the Mt. Massive Trailhead and I struck...
