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After a brutal night of sleep in the snoredome, on the top bunk no less, fueled up with just bread, butter and coffee. This is what your Garmin shows you when you overdue it on a travel day and sleep for crap. Was a nice gentle decent after crossing a beautiful rushing stream. Spectacular weatherContinue reading “TMB day 2”

So I got a little worried about making my 1st day 15 miles long so I ended up booking a refuge 5 miles in( from Les Houches) Landed in Geneva and shuttled to Chamonix with Maya who was a serious trail runner when not driving shuttles. She recently drove both Zac Miller and Courtney DahlwalterContinue reading “TMB day 1”

Mae and I loaded up the truck with minimal gear to head off Raleigh where Uncle Nash and Aunt Jess had lovingly volunteered to babysit Mae while I headed to Europe. We had a great Labor Day weekend including a trip to the Springs and a firing up of the Kettle. So after a quickContinue reading “Iceland Pit stop on the way to Europe”

Get out the bucket list and cross off the Middle Fork of the Salmon. This place is truly special…about as remote as you can get in the lower 48. Carson Baur invited Nash, Sayers and myself to join a group of his St Louis degenerates. So the NC boys decided to load up Adios PantalonesContinue reading “River of no Return”

Through a crew listserve I am on, I got the opportunity to crew on Leslie and Micky’s 62 foot carbon fiber cat. Left Lauderdale around 5 and beat our way across the Gulf Stream to Freeport the next day. Boat is super fast and solid. Micky had an old school German deli slicer on boardContinue reading “Catamaran trip Ft Lauderdale to Exuma”

Met the crew in Flagstaff and we set out the next morning to rig all day at Lee’s Ferry. Probably would have been a good idea to wear gloves that day 😦 Hustled back to the motel nearby to check into our crappy room to watch the national championship game. It started so well butContinue reading “The Big Ditch”

Got some catching up to do! Looks like the van was headed back west again in 2022. Time to head out to float the Grand w Bret Hooper and a lot of the Colorado crew from last summer’s Westwater float. Made stops in Nashville, Carlsbad Caverns, Zion, Sedona and Flagstaff on the way. Was niceContinue reading “Headed to The Big Ditch”

And then it was down to the last fishing trip of the tour 😦 After another nice night at the Ennis town campground on the Madison I met up w the crew at the grocery store to provision and then off to the El Western. We headed out to float the Madison the next morningContinue reading “Ennis w the CHS crew”

Time to finish up the rest of last summer’s trip. Ran out of gas on the blogging front 🙂 Steve W passed along Tony V’s contact info in Livingston. Steve has fished w him a couple of times and said he was a pro. I spent another great night in the park by the riverContinue reading “After a long pause”

Spent a quiet night in Virginia City after scouting the Ruby River and a nice lunch in Sheridan. Stayed in this amazing cabin that you must stay in when visiting Virginia City. Easily the nicest Airbnb of the trip! Mark and his wife made me feel right at home. Check this place out: Fortunately gotContinue reading “Guess I’m going to Bozeman after all…”