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Pinedale to Labarge, Wyoming, Wednesday-Thursday June 26-27, 2024 Many of you are familiar with the classic poem, The Cremation of Sam McGee, by Robert W. Service, about a Tennessee boy freezing to death while prospecting for gold in the Yukon. The story is both hilarious and ghoulish, the rhymes and meter so melodious that isContinue reading “On the marge of Lake LaBarge”

Pinedale, Wyoming. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 [This blog post title will only make sense to fans of the bizarro movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show] 34 feet. 34 measly feet. That’s how much higher Gannett Peak was than the Grand Teton. But it meant I had to climb it. It’s a five day hike andContinue reading “Dammit, Gannett”

Jackson to Pinedale, Wyoming. Monday, June 24, 2024 This will be a short entry for my longest day so far, in terms of distance. Pinedale, the base for my climb up the Wyoming highpoint Gannett Peak, was 78 miles south of here. Because of today yesterday’s blistering headwind, I thought it would be a bigContinue reading “Pushing through to Pinedale”

Jackson Lake Lodge to Jackson, Wyoming. Sunday, June 23, 2024 Today I thought would be easy, just slide on out the back door of Yellowstone and the Tetons, downhill most of the way into Jackson. Brought to mind a favorite blues number by Lane Tietgen, continuing the religious theme on this Sunday, with a littleContinue reading “Sliding on out the back door”

Lake Yellowstone Hotel to Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming. Saturday, June 22, 2024. I was wrong before. This was actually my eighth trip to Yellowstone (I’m Yellowstone the Eighth I am). Even more reason to be blasé about it. Breakfast at the hotel was very nice, as was the view of the lake. Rounding the cornerContinue reading “Gobsmacked”

Pahaska Tepee Resort to Lake Yellowstone Hotel Friday, June 21, 2024 Yellowstone National Park has an outsized reputation as the nation’s (if not the world’s) first national park, one of the largest, and one of the most legendary. Everybody has heard of it, it’s a UNESCO world heritage site. I have been there six timesContinue reading “The other Yellowstone”

Cody to Pahaska Tepee Resort, Wyoming. Thursday, June 20, 2024 Almost exactly 3 years ago, I did a post from Wisconsin titled “Uh, Doc, West would be THAT way”. I was heading due east, precisely the wrong direction, to kill time while I waited for the Illinois highpoint, Charles Mound, to open up. I couldContinue reading “Up the Shoshone”

Red Lodge, Montana to Cody, Wyoming. Wednesday, June 19, 2024 I wanted today to be my first rodeo, but I got in too late. Cody, Wyoming is famous for its Fourth of July rodeo, but it has one every night. It’s about 4 miles out of town, so I didn’t make the detour. I’ve goneContinue reading “Still not my first rodeo”

Absarokee to Red Lodge, Montana. Monday-Tuesday, June 17-18, 2024. Granite Peak is considered by many to be the toughest highpoint after Denali. It’s the only one that requires rock climbing skills. The other tough ones are all ice climbs. The year we all turned 50, that is 20 years ago, my friends Brian, Eric, andContinue reading “Not taking it for Granite”

Big Timber to Absarokee , Montana, Sunday, June 16, 2024. I hadn’t thought of it before, but with my parents gone and being the oldest child, I guess I’m the pater familias. Anyway, today I got the most wonderful Father’s Day gift. Hour-long conversations with my children, one while I was being blown down theContinue reading “Pater Familias”