SOBO Day 51: The Road That Delivers Me out of the Basin
August 14th, 2019 Rawlins mm 1385.7 to Savery Creek, 2 miles north of mm 1443 Distance in miles: 35 0800-1840 I toss around all night in the stuffy hotel room but feel pretty rested in the morning. I want to hit the trail, er, road I mean, early before it gets too hot. There are several options for departing town, all of which involve a little or a lot of paved road walking. An alternate is to walk the road for 36 miles, shaving 20.6 off the main route (which is all more sagebrush bushwhacking and jeep trails). I have no appetite in the morning but I still stuff a whole jar of potato salad in my face, a leftover[…]
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