CDT Day 108 Togwotee Lodge food break 

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3rd August

12.6 miles

Bushcamp (1732.8) to Clear Creek (1745.4)

It was an easy 6 miles of downhill hiking to Togwotee Lodge, half of which was on a main highway. I had an early start, mainly courtesy of a 4am rain shower which has me scrambling for my rain fly. It didn’t look like rain when I pitched my tent last night.

Togwotee Lodge exceeded my dirty, smelly thru hiker expectation. An all you can eat buffet breakfast for $8. I ate the equivalent of 3 pineapples, 2 rockmelons, 1/2kg of granola with yogurt and 6 bagels with cream cheese. It might sound excessive or even glutinous but live a day, week or month in my thru hiking shoes and you would do the same. Oh how I loved the fresh fruit…..

I showered for $5 and washed my clothes for another $2.75. It’s good to be clean, sometimes. I settled into the bar area to charge my electronics, see what the world was up to and open my resupply package I sent myself. Then I ate. Again. And again. Two lunch meals  and they were generous sized meals. I think that today was the hungriest I’ve been on the whole hike. I just needed the calories. I felt so much better.

It was late afternoon when I hiked out of the lodge. I needed to hike about 11 miles to get back on the official CDT. I took an alternate route to get to the lodge. Well worth it. Tomorrow I’ll be camped on the border of Yellowstone National Park, all things going to plan.


Next – Day 109 There’s a Grizzly Bear in my Campsite

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Brad is an Australian who has completed the hiking Triple Crown after he hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail and Appalachian Trail. He has hiked on every continent (except Antarctica) and has cycled from Alaska to Ecuador. He is an expert on outdoor gear currently living in Chile.

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10 thoughts on “CDT Day 108 Togwotee Lodge food break ”

  1. Glad your appetite has returned and that you are feeling well again. Your pictures make me want to get back out in the beautiful mountains, especially having just returned from camping and hiking in NM with my dad. Unfortunately, I am “geographically challenged” and live in the wrong part of the country to be able to enjoy long hikes in the mountains as often as I would like. Your photos give me a sense of the calm, peace, and quietness I enjoy so much.

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  2. Food sounded lovely and oh so healthy ….not a pleasant feeling being hungry …but always stay hydrated …roll on tomorrow’s blog x

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