CDT mile 287 miles hiked 23.8
Old #46 has seen better days
We woke early and started out the good old CDT threw us for a loop, you see New Mexico has a lot of new trail sections and sometimes the maps I use by J Ley and then the app by Guthook don’t agree. So I took the J Ley route and Sweet Potato took the offices route luckily we met up the way a few hours later.
Today was a good mix of up and downs and all around we had some fantastic views of the terrain ahead and I must say this is one wild and wonderful place. We descended the mountaintop and met a road, once again we got duped. I was following my maps along the CDT route and a few miles later we looked at the app and realized the new trail was over the mountain we were walking around so just stuck to the J Ley route and just made some extra miles on the old dirt road.
Yummy water along the trail
We can upon a trail crew with the forest service building new trail, thanks, guys we appreciate the hard work a lot. They gave us each a gallon of water which was good because it was over 80 degrees and I was out of water.
We finally made the water tank at 3pm, knowing that the next good water was in 19 miles I decided to cook up some beans and replenish the missing calories from the past few days. Right as we were packing up a very flustered Big John arrived, he is really struggling with all the navigation and the varies bits of info you have to string together. It is a challenge but also part of what makes the trail so much fun, you get to make your own adventure and it’s probably true what they say “no two people walk the same CDT”.
We decided to end the day by another tank, I got the water and right when I stepped on a rock to dip water from it rolled and up both my feet went into the murky green water. Oh well, my bedroll is laid out under the stars once again for some primo cowboy camping. I love waking up at night and staring at the stars, watching the satellites whizz by and shooting stars galore. I am one privileged and fortunate person and I am so grateful to be out here.
Tiny opened the gate for us
