Oh man, that sounds like a total nightmare. Sorting by clay and glaze first was smart, but eight hours just to get to the starting line is brutal. Did you ever figure out why the fragments got mixed up in the first place? Like, was it a field lab packing error, or did the context in the ground just get totally messed up by something?

Glint Mossfoot" is amazing. I mean, I get stuck on boring names too. My first draft had a dark wizard named Kevin. Kevin. Idk what I was thinking. Changing it to something like "Grime the Unwashed" made his whole chapter way more fun to write. It just changes the vibe completely.

That two week look ahead is key. I color code my bills red, yellow, green by due date so I can't ignore them. Makes you see the problem @the_mason mentioned, where the numbers work but the timing doesn't.

I always figured you had to do the whole Wind River route or it didn't count. Hearing a local guide say they cut the Knapsack part for beginners made me reconsider. It sounds like skipping that tough section lets you still get the big views without the same risk. My own trips have been better when I stopped trying to follow a plan exactly. Sometimes the shorter way is just smarter.