July 14, 2015
SALMON FOREST, ID It was a day of highs and lows, in many regards. It began with the revelation last night that I had a significant error in my planning spreadsheet. In estimating my completion dates for the remaining segments of the hike, I put mileage for hiking into and out of a town on the same day, which is just wrong. Therefore, instead of thinking I would complete the hike in late September, its now early October. Snows in the San Juans could be happening then, and it would be a disaster to get stuck due to snow both…