July 23 - Pancakes, not Pop Tarts

Pop Tart, Gumby and the Deuce woke up Saturday AM and were welcomed to a wonderful feast of scrambled eggs and high altitude pancakes at the Leadville Hostel. They then hitched a ride to Half Moon campground, courtesy of Wild Bill, where they tore through Segment 10 like Pop Tart eats Pop Tarts. As of last night, they had entered Segment nine a few miles and were still cruising. They are now in the Holy Cross Wilderness area. This area is one of Colorado's treasures.

The boys are well over the 300 mile mark and are rapidly closing in on the magical "100 miles left to go" mile marker. That must be a great feeling. Except the feet might be a little sore.

Yesterday Claudia, my daughter and CT companion, completed Segment 7. We were checking it out for the gang of three. We had a great time and ran into a guy that is going to compete in the CT bike race next week. He expects to complete the entire route in less than 6 days. Yesterday he was going from Breck to Half Moon Campground. That is just a little shy of 100 miles. He was trying out his new system which consisted of a three pound pack that included his shelter, sleeping bag and pad. The race is totally self supportive. Check it out on: http://bike.ctchallenge.org/?gclid=CJLvzP-MmqoCFQM_bAodSH892w .

In any case, I asked him what he ate on the trail. You will never guess. POP TARTS!! Go figure.

Adios