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by Gillian Larson | posted: July 20, 2018

Today was gonna be a long and hot one. I had 33 miles of exposed dirt roads to cover so naturally I took Shyla, my power-walking horse. We got an early start, before 8am, and I did not go light on the sunscreen this day. I was feeling uncomfortable enough with the terrible sunburn from […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 19, 2018

Given how little trail maintenance I had experienced so far in Wyoming, I was eager to reach the Basin on this day and enjoy the obstacle-free miles of riding on dirt roads that made up the upcoming 200 miles. It was Takoda and I again tackling more downfalls in the morning before reaching our first […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 18, 2018

For my first full day in Wyoming, Takoda and I were to travel 26 miles. We were mostly working our way out of the mountains and losing elevation as we traveled down to the basin. Our day could be summarized as lots of downfalls and wrong turns. I got us turned around three times, usually […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 17, 2018

Shyla and I had a long 29 miles ahead of us so we set off early, just after 8am. Today was our last day in Colorado. We spend most of the day following along a creek and intersecting and temporarily overlapping with rugged dirt roads. Shyla was feeling good and moving out well; it was […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 16, 2018

My rest days in Steamboat Springs went by much too quickly; it was time to get back on the trail, even if the horses might have preferred to keep grazing in the pasture! Eaton decided to ride with me today, and in the morning he trailered us both up to the CDT at Summit Lake. […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 13, 2018

I have a history with misadventures on Friday the 13th (I got stranded overnight in the snow on the PCT in 2014 on Friday, June 13th, in 2014), but this one turned out to be a good one. We had another long day ahead of about 30 miles, and I wanted to get into Steamboat […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 12, 2018

Not wanting to overly stress Shyla after her Gray's Peak encounter, it was Takoda’s turn for the trail again. But at least it was not a long day, about 23 miles. I rode out of Troublesome Pass fairly late as I let myself sleep in after our late arrival the night before. Not surprisingly, Takoda […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 11, 2018

After spending a zero day resting at Winding River Resort, we started back on the trail. Shyla’s rest came to an end, as I rode her today, with 33 miles planned. Within an hour of getting on the trail, I saw 3 moose, one bull and one cow and her calf. Meanwhile, my mother was […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 9, 2018

I left camp today with 29 miles to cover, so it was another long day, but thankfully not a lot of elevation gains, which was a relief after the last two days. About 10 minutes after starting, I ran into Aaron and his hiking partner Dixie; we travelled together for about 2 hours. The trail […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 8, 2018

Once more I rode Takoda again, and with 33 miles ahead of us, I wanted to get an early start. Almost all of the trail was not horse friendly, consisting of a very narrow pathway made of shale. After 10 miles the shale ended and we had a steep climb to Jack’s Peak, then a […]

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