by Melanie McManus | Aug 23, 2024 | By Location, Colorado, Continental Divide 2022, Trail Journals, United States
Woke up this morning to cold and fog along Lujan Creek. Everything I dried out last night was wet/damp again. Rats. But the trail angels had pancakes and fruit for breakfast, so I gobbled it up. Just when I was going to pack up my soggy tent, the sun popped out and a...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 24, 2024 | By Location, Colorado, Continental Divide 2022, Trail Journals, United States
What a day. Had a sweet campsite last night near Ant Creek and slept well. Up extra early to try and make it either just shy of the Organ Mountain-San Luis saddle (12,374 feet / 3,771.6 m) or just over the other side. That would put me in good shape to make it to the...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 25, 2024 | By Location, Colorado, Continental Divide 2022, Trail Journals, United States
I woke up at 4 a.m. and it was raining once again. GRRR! So I slept another hour and got up at 5 a.m. It wasn’t raining, but my tent was soaked, along with my sleeping quilt and other items. My tent was so wet that I couldn’t even get it in its bag; I had to stuff it...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 26, 2024 | By Location, Colorado, Continental Divide 2022, Trail Journals, Uncategorized, United States
After a great night’s sleep, I had breakfast in a Lake City cafe across the street, then did laundry at the local laundromat. Liz opted to continue on the CT, taking the noon shuttle. I was a bit sad to see her go. It was nice having company for a while. Disclosure:...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 27, 2024 | By Location, Colorado, Continental Divide 2022, Trail Journals, Uncategorized, United States
Once again I had a great night’s sleep and finally felt pretty good. (Yesterday, my knees were swollen and achy.) I’m still working on that shuttle to Creede, so this is Zero Day 2 in Lake City. One man at the hiker center is going in two days and will take me, but...
by Melanie McManus | Aug 28, 2024 | By Location, Colorado, Continental Divide 2022, Trail Journals, United States
The owner of G&M Cabins, where I’ve been staying in Lake City, found a man to shuttle me to Creede. We headed out after I mailed a box to myself at my next stop and ran a few other errands. We arrived in Creede around 11:15; I dropped most of my food at the...
