May 30, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 633, miles hiked 26 No, no, no New Mexico you see it’s not you, it’s me. I need to go, I know you have been wonderful to me with your desolate yet beautiful bootheel, where is saw ocochita in bloom and hummingbirds feeding on them. You welcomed...
May 29, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 607, miles hiked 26.3 The first task for the day was to get to the river and get across it. A section hiker named Pot had told us that when they arrived the river was so high they had to turn around. The log over it was useless and he said it was too much...
May 28, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 580.7, miles hiked 26.5 As I laid in my Katabatic Quilt enjoying my morning coffee and granola I looked over at Freefall and there beside him was an elk and about 5 more moving in. One of the boys up above stirred and they took off. We had been awoken by...
May 27, 2016 | New Mexico
CDT mile 554.2 miles hiked 14.5 I awoke in the campground a bit groggy from the night before the full moon made it hard to sleep the past few nights. I packed up and was able to get a decent signal to upload my blog before others were up taking all the bandwidth in...