You don’t know how much this video brightened my day today. This morning I received the sad news of my Mom passing away in her sleep last night, after a 7 month battle fighting Ovarian Cancer at the age of 75. It has been a very emotional day. I’ve watched your videos since the AT. They are so inspirational. I’m hoping to do a 7 day backcountry hike this Fall.
thanks for all the videos! you inspired me to take my wife and oldest kid to the PCT and spread a little trail magic/trail angel work last weekend. we only met a handful of hikers, but we had a blast :)
I was having one of those days... And I want to say Thank You Dixie for making it so much better. I agree it would be a great world if everyone could be nice to one another. Those people were so awesome!
I spent all day yesterday looking for this video until about 4 when I realized it was Tuesday. This is the only channel I actually sit around waiting for a new video as opposed to just watching whatever. Love your stuff.
Dixie! I love your adventures! You make wanna go out and move foward. Thanks to your videos I mastered up the courage to change my career and do what moves me. Lots of love from Argentina!
Just subbed to your channel. I came across your videos researching preparations for the AT. I'm in Massachusetts and hike Greylock regularly and fell in love with the idea of through hiking. Hoping to be prepared for next year. Anyway, I'm currently binging on your videos and I'm truly enjoying watching your experiences. The lightning storms you've been exposed to are insane! I think I'd need a cathole in my tent! Ha! You inspired me to make sure this happens Dixie! Are you considering hiking abroad? Happy hiking!
Your absolutely correct about people on trail. I have had such kindness and help on trail. At the end of my hikes I always stay a few days extra and pay it forward with Trail magic. Pick up hikers and giving them rides. Snacks, water, gatoraid.
It's been an absolute pleasure to watch you grow and overcome challenges since you started your journey on the Appalachian trail. I've been following you since you had 3900 subscribers. You are an inspiration to us all. I'm thru hiking the PCT in 2019 and hope to accomplish the whole trail. Hope to run into you someday. Happy trails!
Dixie, every time I get to see you cuddle someone's dog in your thru hike vlogs, it makes my heart so happy. I travel a lot and love the adventure but I always do miss cuddling with my own hound dog at home. So I know how great it feels to get to spend a few minutes cuddling the absolute crap out of someone else's pup haha.
thanks Dixie , just came home from a hot day of construction work tuned in to watch your latest. The generosity of those guys and your happiness, the blue sky over your shoulder . What a beautiful world.
1 PM thunderstorms are typical in that region, I remember they were to be reckoned with almost every day in RMNP when I used to frequent those parts back in the 80s/early 90s
Another great video. Thanks Dixie and Aaron! The CDT has got to be the best of the big three. Such dramatic beauty even in the "desolate" areas. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Stay safe, keep on truckin and have fun.
I loved how you made friends with the springer spaniel. The trail magic was magnificent !! And WOW !!! 300K subscribers You better just keep on hiking, girl !!!
It almost made me cry seeing all of those amazing people! Really makes you regain faith in humanity. Just beautiful! Keep on truckin' Dixie, you got this :)
Another fab vlog. Love seeing all the kind folk providing the trail magic. 100% also wish people would be kind to each other all the time. Happy hiking 😊
Just read that one is better off upright, on two feet in lightning storm, due to least contact with ground. Lying down, is irrelevantly more distant from the arc. I had a Sierra, pm storm pass across valleys below, exploding trees as it approached our ridge. We huddled under biggest tree line tree we could find, and realized it was a target and decided to just hike through. At one point, as I glanced at a rock out cropping along the trail, it took a hit and shattered out, right over my head. Of course Muir liked to climb to the highest tree, to absorb as much energy as possible!
Awww that puppy love looked looovely!! :) But even better, all those kind people. I think I need to try a bit harder to be the change I want to see in the world.
It's very uplifting to see your smiling face everyday. I will miss you when you finish this trail. Hoping you will continue to do videos afterwards. Make it a great day.
As a hiker myself all my life in the Olympic Mountains i can relate to a lot of what you say and the hardships you go through on the trail (Blowdowns , Wildfires, Bridges washed out )..Cell phones i have never carried on the trail as they were not really out on the market .. All my adventures i captured on 35mm film.. 18 years ago i bought the first digital camera to take along with me.. But i still like and enjoy my 35mm cameras (heavy ) but i still pack one when i go .. Now i'm 73 so i go slower than i used to and pack lighter weight packs ... I really enjoy your adventures and i'am proud of you for all the wonderful country you have hike through..good for you , don't stop..
With all this cowboy camping you may be interested in a Hilleberg Bivanorak. You can use it as a full body rain / bug cover as well as a bivy. Just go full turtle mode and seal her up.
Cool - you got your dog fix and later ice cream! Ice cream is the first thing I wanted when I got into Red's from the JMT -- and there was a Ben & Jerry's right by the bus stop. Great that you can do this long mileage days when you are stuck on a road walk.
Awesome to see and hear of all the people that help out. Between watching your videos and some AT hikers I am following, gives you hope. Another great video! Lighting was crazy though!
You’re a very kind soul to both people and animals. After watching a few of your episodes I now find myself thinking twice about squashing a bug that crosses my path where before it wasn’t a problem. “It’s free to be nice”
We always stay in Rawlins on our way through from Texas to Jackson Hole. I have pictures of the deer pals we met there. The wildlife seems to love Wyoming like we do! I wish I were there hiking with y'all. Thanks for the weekly dose of uplifting wisdom!
Thank you for highlighting the nature of our state. I have never met more friendly and helpful people than in Wyoming...I think its because it still has that front-porch, family, neighbor-helping-neighbor attitude and there are so few of us here that we want to be there for each other. People here will give you the shirt off their back if you need it.
I know this was a year ago, but I’m just finding you. I love your words of wisdom. With everything going on in the Country, it’s humbling to see the kindness of humanity in your videos. So thank you for that. God Bless!
Here in Alaska we have been having bad beetle kill of our spruce too. In the spring we cut down 12 spruce that were dead. But throughout the summer another dozen or so have died as well. Work for next spring when the woodshed is more empty. Great video.
i felt the nice from here! *teary. So enjoy your hikin talkin and how you handle getting a hitch and the weather. All the best, Dixie. Look forward to your vids...hike on!
Dixie, one trip through Wyoming, we had the same, along with a tornado. Yes, we're familiar with those in Alabama, but it's a little different there. We were traveling perpendicular to the storm, so it really wasn't that bad. Press on!
Hi Dixie. Glad to see you are enjoying the Wyoming section. I am down the Savery Creek rd quite abit and normally, there are very few people along that stretch of road... I left some water along the trail for hikers where it crosses a cattle guard when you first come to Savery Creek Rd. Not sure if its still there but hopefully someone made use of it. Happy hiking! Looking forward to seeing you go thru the Wind Rivers! Lots of elbow room in WY.
Dixie & Erin, on your journey into Wyoming... You were 11 miles from my old home in Colorado, outside of Encampment, Wyoming! If I had still been there ya'll would've had a stop over! At Big Creek, Co.!☯
I know your channel is not political, but it sill amazes me when any channel has 502 thumbs up and ZERO thumbs down. Needless to say, everyone loves Dixie.
That was a pretty good episode, not really scenic but got to see some of my one time home, Wyoming, and it’s good to know there are folks out there that are treating you decently. I know you’re probably in Idaho by now or close any way. I’m interested to see and hear your reaction to that part of the trail. No bears yet? I do hope you get to see one, from a safe distance. Safe Travels and Happy Trails!
What a wonderful stretch with all the trail magic and awesome scenery. Even the lightning was spectacular! Very glad it never struck near either of you :)
Wyoming gets crazy weather...including hail with the rain ... it can snow two feet over night with hurricane winds and the next day the sun will come out and melt all the snow. Nice video!
Another great video Dixie. Glad to see you hopeing for the best, but being prepared for the worst, whether it be hitching or avoiding lightning. Hope the awesome trail magic continues for you. looks like you need to pick up another umbrella. Best wishes and thank you for the insight and adventure!
It is common for cows to get struck by lightening. It happened several times. Out in open on a hill. Several trees with damage in that area. Sooo get in a ditch and not under a nearby tree y’all. Go Dixie!
Followed you on all your hikes! THANK YOU! At my age and medical conditions I am not able to do thru hikes I even had to give up hiking but I can live the experience thru your videos! You are mu favorite youtuber blogger! Be safe and God Bless
Dixie your just a gem. I really enjoy your vids. And can see your kind respect for people. In the south, we call them. Manners and some good southern values. I really hope you keep going after your triple crown. Whatever it might be. I'm very envious of your life and your freedom. 😊
Dixie, just wanted to say that I love watching your videos! They always put a smile on my face :) I'm living vicariously through you at the moment, haha. Stay safe and happy trails!
OMG. I had that same exact thought about cows (or livestock in general) getting struck by lightning when I was hiking around Wyoming and Montana. Glad to hear I'm not the only one with slightly morbid curiosities. lol
Hi Dixie -- You inspired me to be a trail angel, by volunteering for a work crew that is going to clear brush from a portion of the Arizona Trail in the Mazatzal Wilderness, the first few days of November. We'll take a day to backpack to the work site, two days to clear trail, and a day to hike out again. Hope you'll decide to do our AZTrail one day soon -- only 800 or so miles! lol
Welcome to Wyoming. The lighting and storms across the Basin are so dramatic cause you can see so far. You developed the proper sagebrush, or actually it looked like Chico sund defeating curl. And yeah, Wyoming has by many polls more hikers per capita than any other state, but the majority thinks we are all mad hatter. I love the Great Basin and Red Desert. But i hike and explore it in the fall and spring. I love the impromtu trail magic. The boys get it.
Those angels are awesome! I was in the Winds this past Thur-Sat and hoped I’d run into you as I visited the Cirque of the Towers. I carried a small bag of Salt and Vinegar Kettle Cooked chips in anticipation of seeing you. I was bummed that I didn’t but am glad to see you well taken care of. Safe journey to you and all other hikers out there.
Dixie, you might already know this, but their are two wonderful and interesting features of the Continental Divide in Wyoming. The first is the Great Divide Basin in the Red Desert. It is a closed basin (no outlet) with the divide actually located on the entire 360 degrees of the basin. The second is located at Two Ocean Pass, where Two Ocean Creek actually splits in two with one fork flowing into the Atlantic Ocean watershed (Mississippi River Drainage) and one flowing into the Snake River drainage and eventually into the Pacific Ocean. The creek's name is Two Ocean Creek, above what is called "The Parting of the Waters" and below that point the two creeks are named "Atlantic Creek" and "Pacific Creek." The watershed of Two Ocean Creek is relatively small so the creeks aren't all that big. The general location of this fascinating place is in the Teton Wilderness on the Bridger-Teton National Forest a little south of Yellowstone National Park. I love finding hydrological points of interest/anomalies and backpacking and day hiking, especially off trail hiking have allowed me to find some. There is a very little known closed basin on the Continental Divide in New Mexico. The map shows the divide, north of the Black Range on the Gila National Forest, swinging west of the Plains of San Augustine, just east of the northern portion of the Gila National Forest and the New Mexico portion of the Apache National Forest. However, the Plains of San Augustine is a closed basin also. I used to live in Magdalena, New Mexico and traveled the eastern and southern "rim" of the San Augustine Plains on the job and was curious where the outlet of the Plains was located. I poured over all the topo maps of the area and never found an outlet. A co-worker of mine double checked me and came to the same conclusion. You took the Gila River route on your CDT trip, so you didn't get close to the Plains of San Augustine or the Black Range.
I imagine you are going to include some bear spray in one of your resupply packages when you get further north in Wyoming. From what I understand they are now found as far south as the southern end of the Wind River Mountains.
I grew up in N Mexico and there are a lot of afternoon thunder storms in the Spring and Summer. If we were up in the open or mountains, we would take our packs off and get on them so we had no contact with the ground until the storm blows over. If your hair gets frizzy then do this immediately.
Great episode again. I was in Wyoming in June for two weeks hiking. The people are so friendly. I had thunderstorms six days in a row. One day had to do like you and lay flat out on the ground as the lightning went over. I love Wyoming. Thank you. I'll be waiting for next week post.
DO NOT LIE ON THE GROUND From the US Weather Service linked in a comment below You can minimize your exposure to ground current by keeping your feet close together, especially avoiding lying flat on the ground. Ground current con- tributes to half of lightning fatalities (Fig. 1).
"It's free to be nice." Thanks for that important message, Dixie.
You don’t know how much this video brightened my day today. This morning I received the sad news of my Mom passing away in her sleep last night, after a 7 month battle fighting Ovarian Cancer at the age of 75. It has been a very emotional day. I’ve watched your videos since the AT. They are so inspirational. I’m hoping to do a 7 day backcountry hike this Fall.
In this episode: Dixie reads some hieroglyphics; Dixie prepares to shiv someone; and Dixie develops a drinking problem.
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Hilarious! Summed up perfectly!
You forgot the part where the rain made them both too tense when cowboy camping !
Always feel good after watching a Homemade Wanderlust video.
So very true.
The end of this video had me in tears, just seeing how kind and amazing humans can be! Their love gives me hope❤️
thanks for all the videos! you inspired me to take my wife and oldest kid to the PCT and spread a little trail magic/trail angel work last weekend. we only met a handful of hikers, but we had a blast :)
Paul Hailey Yayy! That’s wonderful. From my fellow hikers-thank you so much! Glad y’all had fun :)
I was having one of those days... And I want to say Thank You Dixie for making it so much better. I agree it would be a great world if everyone could be nice to one another. Those people were so awesome!
Wyoming and Montana are chock full of nice people like that!
I spent all day yesterday looking for this video until about 4 when I realized it was Tuesday. This is the only channel I actually sit around waiting for a new video as opposed to just watching whatever. Love your stuff.
Dixie! I love your adventures! You make wanna go out and move foward. Thanks to your videos I mastered up the courage to change my career and do what moves me. Lots of love from Argentina!
Just subbed to your channel. I came across your videos researching preparations for the AT. I'm in Massachusetts and hike Greylock regularly and fell in love with the idea of through hiking. Hoping to be prepared for next year. Anyway, I'm currently binging on your videos and I'm truly enjoying watching your experiences. The lightning storms you've been exposed to are insane! I think I'd need a cathole in my tent! Ha! You inspired me to make sure this happens Dixie! Are you considering hiking abroad? Happy hiking!
Your absolutely correct about people on trail. I have had such kindness and help on trail. At the end of my hikes I always stay a few days extra and pay it forward with Trail magic. Pick up hikers and giving them rides. Snacks, water, gatoraid.
I really do enjoy your moments of Zen. Being content in the moment as it is and enjoying just being here. Awesome.
It's been an absolute pleasure to watch you grow and overcome challenges since you started your journey on the Appalachian trail. I've been following you since you had 3900 subscribers. You are an inspiration to us all. I'm thru hiking the PCT in 2019 and hope to accomplish the whole trail. Hope to run into you someday. Happy trails!
GO DIXIE GO!
Thanks to all the people and trail angels who help the hikers.
You can never get tired of seeing people helping people. That help will always come full circle. Thanks Dixie for another great video.
Dixie, every time I get to see you cuddle someone's dog in your thru hike vlogs, it makes my heart so happy. I travel a lot and love the adventure but I always do miss cuddling with my own hound dog at home. So I know how great it feels to get to spend a few minutes cuddling the absolute crap out of someone else's pup haha.
Reminds me of my summer camping across Wyoming. Will check back for Yellowstone. The lightning never goes away.
thanks Dixie , just came home from a hot day of construction work tuned in to watch your latest. The generosity of those guys and your happiness, the blue sky over your shoulder . What a beautiful world.
1 PM thunderstorms are typical in that region, I remember they were to be reckoned with almost every day in RMNP when I used to frequent those parts back in the 80s/early 90s
Another great video. Thanks Dixie and Aaron! The CDT has got to be the best of the big three. Such dramatic beauty even in the "desolate" areas. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Stay safe, keep on truckin and have fun.
I loved how you made friends with the springer spaniel. The trail magic was magnificent !! And WOW !!! 300K subscribers
You better just keep on hiking, girl !!!
It almost made me cry seeing all of those amazing people! Really makes you regain faith in humanity. Just beautiful! Keep on truckin' Dixie, you got this :)
Another fab vlog. Love seeing all the kind folk providing the trail magic. 100% also wish people would be kind to each other all the time. Happy hiking 😊
Just read that one is better off upright, on two feet in lightning storm, due to least contact with ground. Lying down, is irrelevantly more distant from the arc. I had a Sierra, pm storm pass across valleys below, exploding trees as it approached our ridge. We huddled under biggest tree line tree we could find, and realized it was a target and decided to just hike through. At one point, as I glanced at a rock out cropping along the trail, it took a hit and shattered out, right over my head. Of course Muir liked to climb to the highest tree, to absorb as much energy as possible!
Always keep your Dixie well watered.... Lots of free nice out there. Just gotta get up and go find it.
Awww that puppy love looked looovely!! :) But even better, all those kind people. I think I need to try a bit harder to be the change I want to see in the world.
So cool to see you walking through some of the pastures that I ride through everyday!
It's very uplifting to see your smiling face everyday. I will miss you when you finish this trail. Hoping you will continue to do videos afterwards. Make it a great day.
As a hiker myself all my life in the Olympic Mountains i can relate to a lot of what you say and the hardships you go through on the trail (Blowdowns , Wildfires, Bridges washed out )..Cell phones i have never carried on the trail as they were not really out on the market .. All my adventures i captured on 35mm film.. 18 years ago i bought the first digital camera to take along with me.. But i still like and enjoy my 35mm cameras (heavy ) but i still pack one when i go .. Now i'm 73 so i go slower than i used to and pack lighter weight packs ... I really enjoy your adventures and i'am proud of you for all the wonderful country you have hike through..good for you , don't stop..
With all this cowboy camping you may be interested in a Hilleberg Bivanorak. You can use it as a full body rain / bug cover as well as a bivy. Just go full turtle mode and seal her up.
Cool - you got your dog fix and later ice cream! Ice cream is the first thing I wanted when I got into Red's from the JMT -- and there was a Ben & Jerry's right by the bus stop. Great that you can do this long mileage days when you are stuck on a road walk.
Awesome to see and hear of all the people that help out. Between watching your videos and some AT hikers I am following, gives you hope. Another great video! Lighting was crazy though!
You’re a very kind soul to both people and animals. After watching a few of your episodes I now find myself thinking twice about squashing a bug that crosses my path where before it wasn’t a problem. “It’s free to be nice”
We always stay in Rawlins on our way through from Texas to Jackson Hole. I have pictures of the deer pals we met there. The wildlife seems to love Wyoming like we do! I wish I were there hiking with y'all. Thanks for the weekly dose of uplifting wisdom!
„Its free to be nice“ 😍👍🏼 so true!!!! Thanks for sharing your journey!!!!
Most livestock lightning strikes are from them being under trees or leaning against fencing. Neither of which are where you were in that storm.
Dixie, you are such a verrry good Trail-Professor!!
Thank you for highlighting the nature of our state. I have never met more friendly and helpful people than in Wyoming...I think its because it still has that front-porch, family, neighbor-helping-neighbor attitude and there are so few of us here that we want to be there for each other. People here will give you the shirt off their back if you need it.
That was quite the day in Wyoming. Thank you for sharing Dixie! May the adventure and magic continue to exceed your expectations!
I know this was a year ago, but I’m just finding you. I love your words of wisdom. With everything going on in the Country, it’s humbling to see the kindness of humanity in your videos. So thank you for that. God Bless!
I just love your videos. Watched you blaze thru the PCT and now the CDT. I pray you continue to enjoy the journey and look forward to future videos.
Here in Alaska we have been having bad beetle kill of our spruce too. In the spring we cut down 12 spruce that were dead. But throughout the summer another dozen or so have died as well. Work for next spring when the woodshed is more empty. Great video.
i felt the nice from here! *teary. So enjoy your hikin talkin and how you handle getting a hitch and the weather. All the best, Dixie. Look forward to your vids...hike on!
Awww! That dog licking your face and snuggling with you - so sweet!
Wyoming Montana enjoy them views! Absolutely breathtaking backcountry y’all safe and happy hiking Ms. Dixie 🍻
Okay, you just really reassured me, I was thinking that I might be going a little overboard in wanting a neck knife for thruhiking!
You are almost there Dixie, keep going! It is great to share in this journey with you. :)
Great video! Fun to see all the kind people! Glad you were safe from lightning. Very smart to stop and wait. A pretty rainbow.
Have a great hike.
brought tears to my eyes.. what an amazing group of angels.
Dixie, one trip through Wyoming, we had the same, along with a tornado. Yes, we're familiar with those in Alabama, but it's a little different there. We were traveling perpendicular to the storm, so it really wasn't that bad. Press on!
Dogs...aren't they just the best?! Dixie thank you again for bringing us along...
Mike's Hike it probably makes her miss her fur babies.
So this was 100% good company when hitching a ride! 😊🐕
Hi Dixie. Glad to see you are enjoying the Wyoming section. I am down the Savery Creek rd quite abit and normally, there are very few people along that stretch of road... I left some water along the trail for hikers where it crosses a cattle guard when you first come to Savery Creek Rd. Not sure if its still there but hopefully someone made use of it. Happy hiking! Looking forward to seeing you go thru the Wind Rivers! Lots of elbow room in WY.
Excellent, inspirational segment, Dixie. As always, thanks so much for taking the time to share your journey with us.
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Love love love your videos... and you too! Thanks for putting yourself all out there for us. Happy trails!
You inspire me in so many ways, Dixie. I hope to thru hike someday!!!
It took 17 episodes and 1400 miles but Aaron finally looks like "hiker trash!" :)
sthomson06 definitely, he looks normal know. 😎
Right?! Lovin’ the beard!!
Haha, yayyy!
Dixie & Erin, on your journey into Wyoming... You were 11 miles from my old home in Colorado, outside of Encampment, Wyoming! If I had still been there ya'll would've had a stop over! At Big Creek, Co.!☯
Awesome. There really are good people in this world. Thankful for all of them and for your video restoring our hope in the world! ♡
You're so close to where I live! Welcome to Wyoming. It's a beautiful state and I hope you enjoy trekking through!!
I know your channel is not political, but it sill amazes me when any channel has 502 thumbs up and ZERO thumbs down. Needless to say, everyone loves Dixie.
That was a pretty good episode, not really scenic but got to see some of my one time home, Wyoming, and it’s good to know there are folks out there that are treating you decently. I know you’re probably in Idaho by now or close any way. I’m interested to see and hear your reaction to that part of the trail. No bears yet? I do hope you get to see one, from a safe distance. Safe Travels and Happy Trails!
Lots of thunderstorms in MT as well - stay safe and enjoy it - some of the best mountains are yet to come!
There's nothing like dog love, trail magic, and being nice. You're awesome lady!
Yes it would be awesome for everyone to be kinder to each other. Just keep being kind on your end and it will come back to you.
What a wonderful stretch with all the trail magic and awesome scenery. Even the lightning was spectacular! Very glad it never struck near either of you :)
That's what I always wondered. About the cows.. haha.. Had a storm right over me the other day in Oregon got me wondering. Love your content!
Lightening comes from the ground. So a sit pad between you & the ground is a good thing.
Yay, Dixie!! Queen of the CDT. You are really one Wild lady. Trail Magic just waits for you to arrive. Of course, everyone loves you.
After you do your triple crown, you have to hike the SHT in Minnesota!
Wyoming gets crazy weather...including hail with the rain ... it can snow two feet over night with hurricane winds and the next day the sun will come out and melt all the snow. Nice video!
Another great video Dixie. Glad to see you hopeing for the best, but being prepared for the worst, whether it be hitching or avoiding lightning. Hope the awesome trail magic continues for you. looks like you need to pick up another umbrella.
Best wishes and thank you for the insight and adventure!
It is common for cows to get struck by lightening. It happened several times. Out in open on a hill. Several trees with damage in that area. Sooo get in a ditch and not under a nearby tree y’all. Go Dixie!
Followed you on all your hikes! THANK YOU! At my age and medical conditions I am not able to do thru hikes I even had to give up hiking but I can live the experience thru your videos! You are mu favorite youtuber blogger! Be safe and God Bless
Dixie your just a gem.
I really enjoy your vids.
And can see your kind respect for people. In the south, we call them. Manners and some good southern values.
I really hope you keep going after your triple crown. Whatever it might be. I'm very envious of your life and your freedom. 😊
Wednesday! Love your adventures Dixie! Where is Perk? Are you going to catch him?
Dixie, just wanted to say that I love watching your videos! They always put a smile on my face :) I'm living vicariously through you at the moment, haha. Stay safe and happy trails!
We were in Rawlins about this time 4 years ago and they were having their fair and rodeo. Fun town
Another great video Dixie. Doing great as usual. Beautiful scenery. Hike on. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Free to be nice! I love and will reuse it! Thanks for the thought
Love the pic that you post I do hiking in the smokies mountain , may do PCT one day
Wow Dixie, Darwin on the Trail, started the PCT on Apr. 3rd and finished two days ago, sounds like a record to me.
OMG. I had that same exact thought about cows (or livestock in general) getting struck by lightning when I was hiking around Wyoming and Montana. Glad to hear I'm not the only one with slightly morbid curiosities. lol
Hi Dixie -- You inspired me to be a trail angel, by volunteering for a work crew that is going to clear brush from a portion of the Arizona Trail in the Mazatzal Wilderness, the first few days of November. We'll take a day to backpack to the work site, two days to clear trail, and a day to hike out again. Hope you'll decide to do our AZTrail one day soon -- only 800 or so miles! lol
Welcome to Wyoming. The lighting and storms across the Basin are so dramatic cause you can see so far. You developed the proper sagebrush, or actually it looked like Chico sund defeating curl. And yeah, Wyoming has by many polls more hikers per capita than any other state, but the majority thinks we are all mad hatter. I love the Great Basin and Red Desert. But i hike and explore it in the fall and spring. I love the impromtu trail magic. The boys get it.
Those angels are awesome! I was in the Winds this past Thur-Sat and hoped I’d run into you as I visited the Cirque of the Towers. I carried a small bag of Salt and Vinegar Kettle Cooked chips in anticipation of seeing you. I was bummed that I didn’t but am glad to see you well taken care of. Safe journey to you and all other hikers out there.
Dixie, you might already know this, but their are two wonderful and interesting features of the Continental Divide in Wyoming. The first is the Great Divide Basin in the Red Desert. It is a closed basin (no outlet) with the divide actually located on the entire 360 degrees of the basin. The second is located at Two Ocean Pass, where Two Ocean Creek actually splits in two with one fork flowing into the Atlantic Ocean watershed (Mississippi River Drainage) and one flowing into the Snake River drainage and eventually into the Pacific Ocean. The creek's name is Two Ocean Creek, above what is called "The Parting of the Waters" and below that point the two creeks are named "Atlantic Creek" and "Pacific Creek." The watershed of Two Ocean Creek is relatively small so the creeks aren't all that big.
The general location of this fascinating place is in the Teton Wilderness on the Bridger-Teton National Forest a little south of Yellowstone National Park. I love finding hydrological points of interest/anomalies and backpacking and day hiking, especially off trail hiking have allowed me to find some.
There is a very little known closed basin on the Continental Divide in New Mexico. The map shows the divide, north of the Black Range on the Gila National Forest, swinging west of the Plains of San Augustine, just east of the northern portion of the Gila National Forest and the New Mexico portion of the Apache National Forest. However, the Plains of San Augustine is a closed basin also. I used to live in Magdalena, New Mexico and traveled the eastern and southern "rim" of the San Augustine Plains on the job and was curious where the outlet of the Plains was located. I poured over all the topo maps of the area and never found an outlet. A co-worker of mine double checked me and came to the same conclusion. You took the Gila River route on your CDT trip, so you didn't get close to the Plains of San Augustine or the Black Range.
Cool !! Thanks for the little geography lesson. :-)
I imagine you are going to include some bear spray in one of your resupply packages when you get further north in Wyoming. From what I understand they are now found as far south as the southern end of the Wind River Mountains.
These videos help Dixie. They really do.
Still loving the videos! I hope you continue with hiking on other trails! I’ll be watching 😃👍🏻.
It's free to be nice. I love it. Glad you found a bunch of trail magic on a tough stretch.
Free to be nice!, thats awesome Dixie, should be a t-shirt!, hope the hikes going well!
❤️❤️❤️ “ITS FREE TI BE NICE”. Indeed
Great material, thank you for sharing. Best TH-cam channel I have seen. I wish you great hikes and alwesome adventures
What goes around, comes around,,,, kindness begets kindness...keep on trekking Miss Dixie... Cheers
I have a question. I see you have your neck knife. Have you ever had to refuse a hitch because you felt uncomfortable? Enjoying watching your hikes.
That storm was absolutely gorgeous...great shots. Keep on trekking Dixie :P see ya in the next one.
Looks like fun!
Happy trails, Miss Dixie!!!!
I grew up in N Mexico and there are a lot of afternoon thunder storms in the Spring and Summer. If we were up in the open or mountains, we would take our packs off and get on them so we had no contact with the ground until the storm blows over. If your hair gets frizzy then do this immediately.
You really are hardcore💪.... Cheers from Switzerland! (I love your episodesl👍🏻)
Great episode again. I was in Wyoming in June for two weeks hiking. The people are so friendly. I had thunderstorms six days in a row. One day had to do like you and lay flat out on the ground as the lightning went over. I love Wyoming. Thank you. I'll be waiting for next week post.
DO NOT LIE ON THE GROUND
From the US Weather Service linked in a comment below
You can minimize your exposure to ground current by keeping your feet close together, especially avoiding lying flat on the ground. Ground current con- tributes to half of lightning fatalities (Fig. 1).