In August and September 2019, I hiked nearly 300 miles of the newly designated “pilot trail” of the Great Plains Trail, a nascent long-distance trail that goes from Texas to North Dakota, crossing New Mexico, the Oklahoma Panhandle, Colorado, the Nebraska Panhandle, South Dakota and North Dakota.
Episode 1: Planning the Hike
Episode 2: Getting Started
Episode 3: Overdoing It
Episode 4: Water, Water Everywhere
Episode 5: Civilization x 2
Episode 6: Jungle, Meadow, Lake, Mountain
Episode 7: Close Encounters
Episode 8: Three Bulls
Episode 9: Shortcuts … Aren’t
Episode 10: Open Country
Episode 11: In a Sunburned Country
Episode 12: Strolling the Savannah
Episode 13: Dusty Roads
Episode 14: Up with People!
Episode 15: Replay
Episode 16: Pine Ridge
Episode 17: Alone Again
Episode 18: End of the Trail