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Ten month countdown to a ten week backpack
Aug 11, 2005 - 10:39 PM By una_dogger
I'm graduating next May (second degree, I'm an old bird) and I am planning on taking from May 15 to Aug 15 off to do some long distance trailage before I must re-enter the working world and begin repaying my loans (and perhaps, die of old age or never again have the opportunity for such reckless abandonment, at least not for the next 25 years). I'm toying with two ideas: 1. The Colorado Trail: perhaps backwards from Durango to Denver to take advantage of a slightly early May 25 start. I did the Colorado Trail through the La Garita Wilderness 2 summers ago, plus lots of other trails in La Garita, and LOVED it. Since this trail takes about six weeks to thruhike, that will give me time to visit friends in Colorado, check out a few potential employers, and perhaps drive to Montana and visit the Targhee Lakes region. That will leave time to drive there and back as well. 2. Hanging a left on the AT from my backyard and walking to Maine. I've already done most of the trail in Maine, Vermont, CT and NY, but I'd gladly repeat it all many times over. Plus, the only driving I'll need to do is my ride home! Has anyone out there done the Colorado Trail?? I've got time to plan my adventure. Or, if you had ten weeks, where would you go?? I'm open to new ideas! My criteria is a long distance trail or section of one, I have to bring my dog, so it must be in the USA, and I can't spend lots of time driving here and there, so a cross country circuit of peak bagging is out of the budget range. (but that's a great idea!) Thanks, Sabrina
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