Thursday, October 6, 2022 8:41 pm
Location: Hopewell Lake (2303.7 miles)

Aspens continued to light up the mountains, as the trail took me on an extremely meandering course south through the Carson National Forest.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 8:20 pm
Location: Campsite 762.9 (2278.6 miles)

Back on the trail after finishing Montana, I finished hiking the last few (or first) miles of Colorado, and plunged back into New Mexico to close the gap to Grants, rather astonished by the amazing fall colors in the mountains.

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The Rio Grande
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 9:41 pm
Location: Cumbres Pass / Chama / Fosters Hotel (2261.5 miles)

Today, I returned to the trail town of Chama, in northern New Mexico.

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Monday, October 3, 2022 10:30 pm
Location: Santa Fe, NM / The Sage

Today, I returned to New Mexico from Canada, and prepared to return to the trail tomorrow.

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Plastic Wrap
Sunday, October 2, 2022 10:11 pm
Location: Calgary, AB

One last day with the group I’ve hiked with for much of the trail, we said some farewells and prepared for travel.

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