August 17, 2015
GREAT DIVIDE BASIN, WY At 7:00 Ben drove me out to where the trail meets the Sweetwater River, saving me about 14 miles. I set out into the Great Divide Basin. It is desolate and vast, but also kinda magical. I saw wild mustangs and antelopes and the sky and horizon seem really big and distant. It didn’t get that hot. At lunch I saw 95 degF on my thermometer, but there was a nice breeze and it didn’t feel at all like oppressive heat. Wind really picked up in the afternoon. I wanted to hike into the night since…