8/18/15 Day 116 – Anaconda M2501.1 to Trail Side Camp M2623 , 8019′
Tent – Nights Spent Alone: 15
34.4, 2342.0 Trip Miles
Day’s of Snow: 9 – Day’s of Rain: 42 – Days of Hail: 19
# of Zero days: 12
Gila Crossings Final Total: 221
Tick Count: 4 (4 more crawling on me)
Wanted List
Mountain Goat
Grizzly Bear
Sasquatch
Black Bear – SPOTTED
Bighorn Sheep
Velociraptor
Mountain Lion
Beaver – SPOTTED
Unicorn
Wolf
Buffalo
Critter Count
8 Elk
7 Chipmunks
5 Deer
4 Squirrels
2 Cotton Tails
2 Jack Rabbits
1 Snake
Totals
1) 618 Pronghorn*
2) 447 Elk*7
3) 321 Chipmunks *5
4) 188 Deer*2
5) 154 Marmot*4
6) 135 Squirrels *9
7) 120 Lizards*6
8) 116 Wild Horses
9) 76 Ground Squirrels*10
10) 69 Pika
11) 50 Cotton Tail Rabbits *8
12) 30 Prairie Dogs
13) 22 Horny Toads
14) 18 Jack Rabbit*3
15) 14 Moose
16) 9 Snakes
17) 5 Coyotes
18) 5 Moles
19) 4 Black Bears
20) 4 Porcupine
21) 3 Toads
22) 2 Mouse
23) 2 Fox
24) 2 Rattle Snakes
25) 1 Beaver
26) 1 Badger
27) 1 Skunk
28) 1 Weasel -Long Tail
*259 from car, *2 – 48 from car, *3 – 1 from car, *4 – 2 from car, *5 – 2 off trail, *6 – 1 off trail, *7 – 9 from car, *8 – 3 off trail *9 – 1 from car, *10 – 6 off trail
I was up till midnight watching tv. Ugh!
We got up a little before 7 am, hit the continental breakfast then started hiking at 7:30 am. Bailey was impossible to control. She had the most energy of all three of us.
The day was long but didn’t feel like it or like we did 34 miles. It was 90% road, both paved and dirt. We didn’t hit trail till 4 pm and that was mile 23 or so. We had 30 miles in by 6 pm. We walked in fields and dense forests of skinny pines. Lots of new trail and not much for views due to the 80 wild fires out here in the west.
Right now I know both the southern half of Glacier is blocked off and the west side of Waterton Lake is closed and that is where I finish. There are also fires in the Bob and other areas just north of Helena which I’ll be at Thursday. There could be a lot of road walking in my future.
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