So it begins! Fast Cash and Mango let us on to their permit for Glacier National Park and we got to spend a delightful week with them as a result. | Chief Mountain Customs, MT 6/22/22 Day 1

Noisy passes a ranger station corral in the Belly River Valley. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1

Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1

Noisy crosses a snowy slope, an obstacle common in the park after the unusually snowy winter season. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/23/22 Day 2

Mango expertly fords Cataract Creek. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3

Noisy takes advantage of some welcome bare ground. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3

After we lost some time helping a woman in medical distress, Mango and Noisy enjoy the speedy views a hitch in a pickup bed provide. Little did we know, a spilled bottle of bleach was eating away at all of the fabric that covered Noisy's backside during the ride. Sadly, she wouldn't allow the trail name "Bleach Bum" to stick. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4

Noisy and Avon play rubber horseshoes on a rainy afternoon at Looking Glass, our basecamp while piecing our way through the park. | East Glacier, MT 6/29/22 Day 8

Noisy and Dig scramble through the jungle gym of blowdowns that plague The Bob. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9

Dig stops for a sit in one of the few pools of light that broke through the dense forest. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9

Noisy and Dig pose during dinner in a grizzly-safe location away from camp. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9

The Chinese Wall sees its first light after a storm rolled through the night before. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/5/22 Day 13

Dig and I were given a hitch in the only free space these cowboys had: their empty (but well used) horse trailer. | Benchmark, MT 7/5/22 Day 13

Noisy and Dig enjoy the final moments outside before yet another rainstorm sent us into our tents for the night. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/7/22 Day 16

Noisy poses while visiting my tent during a break in the storm. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/8/22 Day 17

An exhausted Dig filters water at a cow trough fed by Dana Spring. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21

Noisy and Dig enjoy sunset from the comfort of our temporary new home in the Whitehall town garage, graciously provided by Mayor Mary. | Whitehall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28

Noisy atop a rocky outcropping just before topping Anceney Peak. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31

Noisy peers out from the top of Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33

A ridgewalk above Onion Basin. | Gallatin Petrified Forest, MT 7/24/22 Day 37

It seems I need my gallbladder removed! My first ever ambulance ride took us from Yellowstone to the Livingston, MT Hospital, where I was then discharged at 2:00am after they determined I had no life-threatening ailments. Since we had no car, much less anywhere to go, the ER staff kindly allowed Noisy to sleep on the floor of our now very smelly room. | Livingston, MT 7/31/22 Day 39

Ferris Thermal Area, home to Mr. Bubbles, one of the few places in Yellowstone that soaking in hot springs is allowed (or safe!). | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43

Noisy relentlessly tries to hook a branch for her bear hang. | Teton National Park, WY 8/4/22 Day 44

Noisy made the dire mistake of leaving her shorts and socks outside on a wet night. If only I had gotten a picture of her face when she had to put them back on! | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46

Noisy crosses wildflower filled tundra before the scramble up to the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47

Mt. Woodring as seen from the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47

Dale and SquarePants joined us for the Wind River High Route, which was a truly spectacular but very stormy week. Nonetheless, these fellas helped make one of the most incredible weeks of the hike even better! | Wind River High Route, WY 8/11/22 Day 51

Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52

Dale whips up some cold coffee during an alpine start. We had to get most of our distance done before 12:00 since the afternoon thunderstorms were sketchy at best, and just made for a miserable time. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53

Noisy crosses Gannett Glacier beneath Mt. Koven. | Wind River High Route, WY8/13/22 Day 53

Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54

Golden Lake at sunrise. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/15/22 Day 55

SquarePants and Noisy boil vegetables and drink Sloshies, an alcohlic Wyoming delicacy on the grocery store curb. | Lander, WY 8/18/22 Day 58

The Great Divide Basin: flat, sagebrush, and antelope. That's pretty much it for 130 miles. It's lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning before becoming hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62

Noisy filters water in a stand of snags from the 2016 Sheep Fire. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68

The summit of Parkview Mountain, overlooking Rocky Mountain National Park. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68

Noisy doing some good old fashioned loitering at the town park. | Winter Park, CO 9/1/22 Day 72

Noisy on the knife edge between Grays Peak, the highest point on the Continental Divide, and Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73

Noisy on the Divide with Grays and Torreys peaks in the background. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73

Noisy arrives at Cottonwood Pass. | Collegiate Peaks, CO 9/9/22 Day 80

Noisy and I had been dealing with low crew morale, but a few days spent with my dear friend Lebowski fixed that right up! | Gunnison, CO 9/9/22 Day 80

Noisy arrives in camp at sunset, which was getting earlier at an alarming rate. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/12/22 Day 83

The Colorado Trail uses way more dirt roads than I expected. Easy walking, but pretty boring. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85

Field Guide, a Colorado Trail hiker and Noisy watch as a storm rages just across the valley. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85

Noisy got some new mineral sunscreen that was pretty scary looking, although highly effective. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85

Some Texans in a pickup offered to take us into Lake City, CO, but said we would have to squeeze around their sign. | Lake City, CO 9/16/22 Day 87

Noisy heads to Nebo Creek after coming over Hunchback Pass. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90

The rocks that had fallen away from The Window beneath Rio Grande Pyramid. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90

At long last, the final state! New Mexico: home of gentle grades, big miles and wouldn't you believe it, more rain. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98

After being above treeline for what felt like most of the hike, it was a delight to be among the golden Quaking Aspens. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98

New Mexico, land of the barbed wire fence. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99

Del Yeso Canyon was full of cool rock formations. | Ghost Ranch, NM 9/29/22 Day 100

Cabezon Peak near sunset. Just below the peak lies the town of Cabezon, a Breaking Bad filming location. | San Luis Mesa, NM 10/3/22 Day 104

At long last, reunited with Noisy in a Chinese buffet after being apart for two weeks. | Grants, NM 10/5/22 Day 106

Noisy smiles in the sunlight on a high quality dirt road. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/6/22 Day 107

Noisy crosses the Gila River as it flows at 600% of average. Over the next 80 miles, we would need to cross in the ballpark of 200 more times. Sadly, a mile from here a major tributary joined the Gila, and the water was just too high and fast to continue. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/11/22 Day 112

Sunset over Pyramid Peak. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118

For the second year in a row, I destroyed my prized hiking shirt. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120

Noisy heads to the border on our final day. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121

We LOVE the monument. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121