Great Basin National park is pretty remote but well worth the visit. 5000 feet of vertical hiking trails from safe desert through several biomes of juniper and pinion, desert mahogany, pines and birch in the alpine meadows and lakes and if you are really adventurous, see the oldest things on earth …the bristlexkne pines which live at the tree line around 10,000 feet. These trees are amazing with living specimens 3500 years old. The oldest one died in 1960 or so at 5000 years old. Their wood is S

60% of our journey on the Continental Divide Trail, standing at the 1,800-mile marker! Wyoming’s diverse landscapes amazed us as we passed through the Red Desert and Great Divide Basin. Despite catching colds and dealing with water scarcity, we powered through. Climbing into the Wind River Range, we navigated fallen trees and embraced the rain by collecting water to make extra coffee. By mile 2,100, we had crossed three states and entered Yellowstone National Park. We saw grizzly bears, bathed i