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I finally took down my awesome camp and left Ketchum. It was a great time for a lot of reasons but I needed to get moving on. I had breakfast in town and met some travelers from Wyoming. They were touring the country like me, but much slower. They had been hanging around Ketchum for a few days and were...

I woke up early at Katie's house and took a shower before anyone could tell me not to. It's always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, and I smelled pretty bad. The view from her back yard was awesome. Above the trees between the two central hills is Elkhorn Village, which is part...

In the morning I explored the valley. Ketchum lies at the north end, flanked to the east by Sun Valley. South of Ketchum is Hailey, and south of Hailey is Bellevue. Sun Valley turned out to be a giant country club surrounded by condominiums and ringed by luxury vacation homes. Sun Valley is a town like...

I woke up early in the freezing cold. I tried to take a drink of water but it had frozen solid in the jug. I huddled in my blankets and didn't get up until much later. I had set up my tent under a mountain and it blocked the sun from hitting my tent and it was very cold in the shadows. When I finally...

On Tuesday we went out to breakfast and then I wrote for awhile. Grandpa and Mary Ann have a lovely outdoor patio in the shade and quiet that is perfect for writing. It is quiet because nobody in their neighborhood has kids. I got a lot of good work done punctuated by breaks in the early afternoon for...