Mileage: 16.2 km James Lake to Aldridge Creek Natasha already used up all of the up/ down puns so I'm left with no title. The wind last night was terrible. Natasha had the tent pitched on the slanty road last night. Turns out the slant wasn't the issue. The sandy, rocky road makes it hard … Continue reading GDT Day 18 – untitled
Mileage: 25.9 km I get knocked down, but I get up again...Chumbawumba, (I think?) Excuse the probably wrong lyrics; I'm writing this at camp without internet to verify. So yesterday was a not so very good day. I won't write a post about that because I'm pretty sure Natasha already did. What I will say … Continue reading GDT Day 16 – Chumbawumba
Mileage: 13 km We woke from our site at Dutch Creek feeling pretty awake and in good spirits. We had some inefficiencies and confusion when breaking camp but we got over those and were ready to start our day at around 8am or so (I didn't actually check!) The hike away from camp was quickly … Continue reading GDT Day 14 – Here I am; Rock me like a -hurricane- Tornado
Mileage: 16.3km Today we did my favourite section of the HRT (High Rock Trail); it has the best views and great trail. We started slowly at Window Mountain Lake after Toothless woke up a handful of times last night. It took us a while to break camp so we started just after 8:00am. At the … Continue reading GDT Day 12 – Dope Views and Good Trail
Mileage: 10.1 km Initially I thought we had to pull off a big day today, so yesterday I was dreading getting up early and pushing through the road out of Coleman then still having to go another 10-15 kms. Fortunately our itinerary had a gap from us adjusting it at the last minute before we … Continue reading GDT Day 10 – Heading out of Coleman
Answer: It would be more fun with a baby than doing La Coulotte... Mileage: 18.8km (16.8 on our road alternate, 2.0 on the GDT, also road 😅) Today was a slightly easier day than yesterday but much more boring and frustrating. I woke still with blisters on my feet - a little better than yesterday … Continue reading GDT Day 6 – Why did we choose road walking again?
Mileage: 14.8 km Today was a nice and easy day. Thankfully! Toothless slept in quite late this morning. He woke at 7:30am instead of his usual 5:30-6:00am window. Normally this late of a sleep in would stress me backpacking but we hike on his schedule and we planned most days to be relatively short to … Continue reading GDT Day 4 – I’ll take an easy day
Mileage: 21.5 km Today was a good day. It was hard but good. Toothless woke at 6:30am, which gave us a bit of time to sleep in after the wonky, slow and late past few days. He was in the best of moods so we were able to break camp in about an hour. This … Continue reading GDT Day 2 – Uh, I guess we are really doing this
We are hiking the GDT this time around with our son, Toothless. He will be about 8 months old when we start hiking. Over the past few months we have been working out what gear to bring on the GDT with him. We have been overcoming his constantly changing needs as well as gear shortages. … Continue reading GDT 2021 Gear List
And we are on the final stretch to Coleman. It's a short drive so we are taking our time this morning and letting Toothless adjust to the time change. In Coleman we will check into our room, and finish packing our bags (food and gear we needed for the drive), make sure our devices are … Continue reading GDT Travel Day 0
Backpacks & Bike Racks 