Start (9900). Highline Trail joins Pyramid Lake Trail: Go Right (North). Hike North on Pyramid Lake Trail for 3.5 miles. (Ignore Shadow Lake trail branching off to the East after 1.5 miles. Ignore Washakie Lake Trail Branching off to East after 2.5 miles). Take Hailey Pass Northeast for 3.5 miles.
Hailey’s pass Trail takes you over the Continental Divide at 11,200 ft and back down to Grave Lake at 10,000 ft. (7 mi total, 1,300 Gain. 1,200 loss. 2,500 ft total change)
Campsite 2 (10,000ft): Just East of Grave Lake, along or near Hailey Pass Trail.
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
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Wind River – July 15
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Wind River – July 14
Drive to Big Sandy trailhead, 57 mi, 2:05 hours. (Click for map)
Start (approx, 42°41’6.15″N, 109°16’16.55″W) (Elevation 9200) Hike North on Fremont/Highline
Trail for 5 miles. In the next 2 miles, the trail passes East of Dad’s Lake, crosses over the stream/river, passes Marm’s Lake on the West. (7 mi Total, 700ft Gain.)
Campsite 1 (Elevation: 9900): Just North of Marm’s Lake, near where the Fremont/Highline Trail meets the Pyramid Lake Trail. -
Wind River – July 13
Hike and explore GTNP. Depart by 4pm.
Drive to Pinedale, WY, 77 mi., 1:22 hours. -
Wind Rivers – July 11
Drive to Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) 300 mi, 5 hours.
Visit interpretive sites.
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Wind Rivers – July 10
Depart Knoxville (TYS) 6:04 pm Frontier Airlines flight F9 601.
Arrive SLC 10:20pm, MDT, Frontier flight F9 589.
Overnight at La Quinta Inn, Salt Lake City West, 3540 South 2200 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119Update: SLC flight delayed until 11:00pm.
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Doug Reboot
So I’ve taken July off. Well, most of it. I return to work on July 24th. My goal is to clear my mind and to take on the world on July 24th with renewed vigor. The time off will consist of attending my sister’s wedding (happened this past week), to clean the house and work on home projects, and to hike the mountains of Wyoming’s Wind River Range for 8 days including crossing the Continental Divide twice and visiting a glacier then having 2 additional days in the Grand Tetons.
The trip to Cincinnati for my sister’s wedding began with an evening meal with the visiting relatives.
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Receipt – Great Wolf Lodge
On June 28, 2013 at 6:40pm we purchased 4 MagiQuest games at greatwolf.com in Mason OH while visiting for my sister’s wedding.
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Happy Father’s Day!
I tried writing some sappy Father’s Day post and it sounded so forced and fake. I love my father! He’s my hero. As I’ve gained wisdom in life, I’ve both apologized to my father (for my shenanigans) and thanked him for allowing me to live (how he restrained from selling me to the gypsies is beyond me). Thank you Dad for everything!
So, in lieu of sappy, I give you video!
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On waking up
Most mornings I find that if I awake on an odd number, like 9:27, that it is better to go back to sleep for another 5 minutes. This also applies to even numbers.
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State of Me
There is an inexplicable weight to me today…a sadness out of nowhere for no reason. Perhaps this is a side affect of skipping my blood pressure medicine for the second day in a row. Perhaps this is a result of setting the bar too high for the weekend and my subconscious is lamenting the "failed" tasks. I believe weekends should be relaxing and recuperative but too often I pressure myself with unachievable mental todo lists which steal from the relaxing times. That doesn’t really fit the bill for this weekend. This weekend was relaxing and fantastic! Perhaps its my staticy headphones and poor music choices today. Perhaps I need a win. Micromilestones to the rescue!
