I have completely neglected this journal but will give a quick update while I still have 5 minutes of internet time:
Returned to the Gila last month and completed the section we missed. Very hot and dry. Picked up our 4th hiking buddy Mosho at the end of June and drove to the Canadian border. We have hiked over 350 miles southbound now through Glacier NP and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Having a great time. I love Montana! Water everywhere! Mountains! Chinese Walls! Hoping to be through Colorado by mid October. Some day when I have more internet time I will write more!