7/19/15 Day 86 Durango to Sinclair ‘
Tent – Nights Spent Alone: 10
0, 1577.1 Trip Miles
Mostly Sunny
Day’s of Snow: 8 – Day’s of Rain: 32 – Days of Hail: 16
# of Zero days: 10
Gila Crossings Final Total: 221
Tick Count: 4 (4 more crawling on me)
Wanted List
Mountain Goat
Grizzly Bear
Sasquatch
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Velociraptor
Mountain Lion
Beaver
Unicorn
Wolf
Buffalo
Critter Count
44 Deer
9 Elk
5 Cotton tails
3 Pronghorn
1 Squirrel
All from car
Totals
1) 533 Pronghorn*
2) 383 Elk*7
3) 168 Chipmunks *5
4) 163 Deer*2
5) 130 Marmot*4
6) 120 Lizards*6
7) 116 Wild Horses
8) 52 Pika
9) 51 Squirrels *9
10) 46 Cotton Tail Rabbits *8
11) 46 Ground Squirrels
12) 30 Prairie Dogs
13) 22 Horny Toads
14) 17 Jack Rabbit*3
15) 12 Moose
16) 8 Snakes
17) 5 Coyotes
18) 5 Moles
19) 3 Porcupine
20) 2 Fox
21) 2 Rattle Snakes
22) 2 Toads
23) 1 Mouse
24) 1 Skunk
25) 1 Weasel
*184 from car, *2 – 48 from car, *3 – 1 from car, *4 – 2 from car, *5 – 1 off trail, *6 – 1 off trail, *7 – 9 from car, *9 – 1 from car
Today I spent the morning helping Jill and her friend Joan from AZ take pictures of the horses at the horse rescue Jill volunteers at.
After Jill and I found bad time to just hang and catch up. I really enjoy just spending time with her and sharing stories and getting to know her. Though we’ve been friend for almost four years we’ve spent limited time together. I hope that changes after the trail. She is such an amazing person.
Jill drove us to the airport where we got the rental car. After that it was hours of driving, a sore back and numb butt after 8 hours of driving. I made it from DGO to the Wyoming border.
We drove east of Rawlins to the town of Sinclair which appears to be the home of Sinclair oil. We drove 8 miles north of this massive oil plant into the flat arid void north looking for some BLM site and ended up just off a dirt road on a gas pipeline. The mosquitoes found us fast. It’s almost the real midnight so I’m out.
Scatman
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