Day 89 Upper Firehole
20.4 miles AYCE – this is the acronym that every hikers loves to see: All You Can Eat. I found
Day 88 Grant Village Nero
12.1 miles Lightning flashed through the trees in the deep morning dark, followed by low rumbles of thunder. Rain was
Day 87 Surprise Creek
14.1 miles With only 14.1 miles to tonight’s camp at Surprise Creek, I had all day to get there. There
Day 86 Yellowstone Boundary
27.8 miles Bluejay and Redline were awake and shuffling camp gear well before 5am in the complete dark. They woke
Day 85
21.5 miles After a minor sleep in I headed next door to a cafe just as they opened to kick
Day 84 Dubois Zero
0 miles As with all zero days, while walking zero miles on trail, the only way to get around town
Day 83 Dubois
19.1 miles Today was a very uneventful day. There was around 19 miles to hike on the Blue Line alternate
Day 82 Mile marker 1903.9
25.3 miles This morning saw my first encounter with a grizzly bear. Walking through open grasslands I could hear a
Day 81 Mile 1878.6
23.6 miles The morning started well. It was all down initially on soft, pine cushioned trail in the shade of
Day 80 Mile 1843.3
23.2 miles I never caught the motel managers name which is a real shame. I should have done more to
Mick Beckers 