Author Archives: wanderingthecdt

my Thoughts Exactly

So while we are all waiting for my next CDT saga, let’s pay homage to Jenny the Bloggess, a true comic goddess. the bloggess

Same Ole River, New Perspective

Although the city limits of Podunk hug the banks of the Salmon River, Iron Chef and I had not floated the wilderness stretch of the Main all the way through to the West side of the state for more than 10 years. Her Royal Highness and Odd Number were little tikes then, and we kenneled […]
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Glamping in Ririe

Every now and then our orthodontist, who makes monthly visits to Podunk, requires instead that we travel to Idaho Falls for Odd Number’s 15-minute appointment (no doubt at the nudging of Exxon Corp). Idaho Falls, as you may remember, is a 300-mile round trip that I make only when I have to, which is too […]
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Genius? I don’t think so.

iTunes claims to have a genius feature where they tune into the kind of music you like before you know you like it. Now truly, Apple, etc. has their work cut out for them since the whole Podunk family shares one iTunes account. Odd Number is a metal head with Eminem tendencies, HRH likes Booty […]
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CDT Travels

Her Royal Highness hiked with me, and I think she liked it. I’ve been accused — falsely — of being obsessed with the Continental Divide Trail. The truth is, the Trail might be obsessed with me because it beckons me all the time. Perched smugly on the spiny back of the Beaverheads, the hint of […]
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Year 4 of the Lemhi Valley Century

Saturday’s Lemhi Valley Century Ride served as a good reminder for a lot of things. 1.  If given two options: a) ride 100 miles on Highway 28 with 35 of those miles being a long grind up a 7200 foot summit, or b) ride 65 miles on the supposedly downhill stretch and pretend you know […]
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Trolling for sponsors 2.0 — BackBrat I need you!

Tomorrow my sidekick Lucy and I will bicycle the Lemhi Valley Century Ride together again. Two things remain the same this year: 1) Lucy and I have no sponsors, and 2) Iron Chef refuses to join us. Thanks to gentle reader Chucky T for suggesting this possible solution to both problems. Backbrat is a design […]
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Foraging

Iron Chef and I celebrated our anniversary last week in our typical fashion — we headed out to hunt for mushrooms. Morels or oysters, we didn’t care; it’s just nice to go home and saute the bounty and sip a little vino fino. The outing was lovely, the wildflowers around Podunk spectacular — but we […]
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We Did Know the Way to San Jose!

Day 3 of our journey from Podunk to San Jose, California, started in Truckee, CA with a sickening gasp. Her Royal Highness gulped oxygen as she appeared to be looking at her phone. I immediately jumped to the conclusion that she had just received a text informing her that the bridge we needed to cross […]
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4 States in 8 Hours …. At This Rate….

After a 1-day layover in the Spring Break locale that threatens to overtake Fort Lauderdale — Mountain Home, Idaho — we hit Interstate 84 bright and early. I -84 between Mountain Home and Boise is a stretch of road that I convinced myself as a child would soon be replaced my bullet trains and other […]
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