Month: March 2022

A pretty average day, spent walking north through the Greenwater Valley  then west into what the map calls the Black Mountains but which I thought was the Funeral Range. Mostly open walking without a lick of shade, and just enough wind to make a nuisance of my umbrella. Stopped for a morning break and as Read More …

Not a superbloom by any means but much more than I was expecting or perhaps even deserve.  Got shuttled to the trailhead by Janis who runs the Shoshone RV park. She said that the clayish domes south of town are actually ash from when the Yellowstone caldera went off. Another reminder of the precarity of life, Read More …

A fair amount of trouble getting here, but Shoshone is actually a pretty nice little roadside stop. Stayed at the pricey ($150) motel last night but it is not a ripoff. The rooms are nice and well maintained and the staff is friendly. There is a group of geologists that had bought the place out Read More …

In no big rush this morning.  Tecopa was some 12 miles further and I was ambiguous as to whether I wanted to go there or just stay in the canyon. I was a bit ahead of schedule and could easily make it to Tecopa where there would be beer and also steaks. That is, if the Read More …

It was surprisingly cold last night, although there is no good reason I should be surprised at a cold night in the desert. At any rate, I had to get up and put my bag cover on over my quilt and then put my down coat on over me.  I probably lagged in bed a Read More …

Back for this year’s installment of the Desert Trail, having spent an entire winter without sufficient physical punishment to humble me. Looking at the map, I’m not sure I’ll get it here. Most of the walking is across basins and valleys, not a lot of steep climbs. But maps can only tell you so much. Read More …