{"id":598,"date":"2016-08-17T23:37:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T23:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montybillpct.net\/blog2016\/?p=598"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:32:04","slug":"its-another-world-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montybillpct.net\/blog2016\/2016\/08\/17\/its-another-world-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 17 It’s Another World Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUMMARY:\u00a0 <\/strong>The first guy we talked to up on Bannock Pass when we were trying to hitch to Leadore yesterday greeted us with, “Hey, hikers! Welcome to Idaho!” And that’s what it was like for the whole brief time in Leadore\u2014everybody treated us like family. Even the Leadore Inn is basically a mini-motel in the backyard of a house.\u00a0 Right now, it’s full of CDT thru-hikers.<\/p>\n

If you want to, you can go sit on the Inn porch with the locals. Probably at least some of them will openly be “packin’ heat” (carrying a gun). They have not much interest in the news or fashions or any of that. They have their own world here and it’s not fancy, but it’s secure. We got a ride back to the trail from the Inn owner, and found a well graded, well marked CDT! WOW!<\/p>\n

SUMMARY:\u00a0 <\/strong>Last night it was so late by the time we got to our room at the Leadore Inn and we were so tired, that we just went straight to bed without even taking a shower.\u00a0 Well, we remedied that, first thing this morning.\u00a0 Man, does it feel good to be clean again!\u00a0 Then we strolled over to the Stage Stop, hoping to get some breakfast.\u00a0 They were supposed to be open at 8:30 am, but that time came and went, without any sign of anybody coming to open it up.\u00a0 So since we were very hungry, we went back across the street to the restaurant, where once again, there was only one lady working, as both waitress and cook.\u00a0 But since there weren’t very many people, it was OK.<\/p>\n

While we were there, we had fun talking to Brazil Nut.\u00a0 She is from Brazil (hence the name), and she is so strong and so full of energy and very upbeat!\u00a0 This is her second time through the CDT, this time SOBO.\u00a0 She’s working on getting a “Double Triple Crown”, where you do all 3 long trails both northbound and southbound.\u00a0 Wow, she can eat–she ordered and ate TWO entire breakfasts.\u00a0 But since she does a lot of miles every day, I’m sure she burns off those calories really fast.\u00a0 She told us that the CDT trail is much improved over the year when she did it before.\u00a0 “I usually don’t give money to things,” she said.\u00a0 “But after I did the CDT last time, I gave them money to help fix the trail and put up more signs.\u00a0 So every time I see nice trail and a new sign, I say ‘That’s my penny!'”<\/p>\n

After that we had a race against the clock, trying to get everything done before our checkout time of 11:00 am.\u00a0 I needed to do our laundry and go to the store to finish up the resupply stuff and then load our food bags.\u00a0 I didn’t quite make it before 11:00, but the Inn owner was very kind and said, “No worries–I will do your room last.”\u00a0 Actually, everybody here in Leadville is supernice.\u00a0 The Inn is actually a house with a sort of mini-motel out back.\u00a0 If I weren’t in a hurry, I could have joined the locals sitting on the house porch.\u00a0 They are a colorful bunch.\u00a0 Among them was one of the guys who were out scouting for their “wood permit” yesterday.\u00a0 From what I can see, the people here don’t just sit in their house and watch TV…they go over and talk to their neighbors.\u00a0 Everyone is very laid back and very friendly, and very conservative.\u00a0 (Funny how so-called “liberal” people are so uptight all the time and so-called “conservative” people are so easy-going) \u00a0 The owner even said, “I can give you a ride back to the trail at 2:00.”\u00a0 We told him we’d try to hitch back before then, but if we had no luck, we’d take his offer.<\/p>\n

I finished all the chores and we went over to the Stage Stop for lunch, then went to the road and tried to hitch back up to the CDT.\u00a0 No luck.\u00a0 None of the cars\/trucks coming by were planning to go all the way up there.\u00a0 So in the end, we did take the 2:00 ride.\u00a0 The motel owner was planning to meet a CDT hiker who was coming in.<\/p>\n

Once we were back on the northbound CDT, we were amazed at how nice the trail was.\u00a0 It had obviously been worked on recently.\u00a0 There were switchbacks and contouring, and plenty of marker posts and signs.\u00a0 Nice!\u00a0\u00a0 As we walked by the new signs, I said, “Look!\u00a0 There’s one of Brazil Nut’s pennies!”\u00a0 The air is still very smoky.\u00a0 Down in Leadore, I had asked the locals, “Where’s the fire?” and they just rolled their eyes and said, “There’s a lot of fires.\u00a0 Not just one.\u00a0 They’re everywhere.”<\/p>\n

The CDT route was still up on the Divide, mostly in forest, with some meadows, too.\u00a0 There were fences, built “Lincoln Log style.”\u00a0 Finally we were out in the sagebrush again and admiring the views of deep, dramatic canyons when rain arrived, that lasted for about 45 minutes.\u00a0 Actually, the rain was a good thing–it got rid of the smoke for a little while.<\/p>\n

Tonight we are camped up high, in some trees.\u00a0 We are both pretty tired–once again, we had less than 24 hours in town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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