Late morning. Got up at 7 and hit the trail for my final 3.5 miles into Leadville. Met up with Jill again just before the trail head. We made tentative arrangements to hike to the top of Mt. Massive (a 14-er) on Saturday. Then it was a hitch into Leadville and a day of town chores – laundry, shower, resupply, and satisfy my ravenous appetite (which was difficult because I still had to be care of what I ate…and the pizza below was still not on the list of approved foods. I paid for it again). Got everything done by early evening and settled into the living room common area at the hostel for an evening of “Walk-umentaries” and “Bike-umentaries” with other guests, Susan and Tina. Watched a DVD on hiking the Continental Divide Trail (which shares 200 of its 2700 miles with the Colorado Trail) and a couple DVD’s on the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 mile bike race.

This hike was supposed to satisfy my hunger for long distance hiking and adventure so I could get it out of my system. So far, all it’s done is add fuel to the fire.

Pizza!!!!!

Pizza!!!!!