Monthly Archives: May 2021

Miles Hiked: 0 Total Milage: 667.5 Location: Elk Horn Lodge, Chama NM I had a great zero day hanging out with Rockslide, 12 Pack, Jenga, and Free Fall. I started the day by doing my town chores which included laundry, resupplying, and finding a few more pieces of gear I will need to get throughContinue reading “Day 42: Another Zero in Chama”

Miles Hiked: 12.9 Total Milage: 667.5 Location: Elk Horn Lodge, Chama NM This morning I woke up at 5:15 and started hiking at 5:45. I was glad that everyone else also woke up as early as I did. I wanted to cross the border with everyone before it started to rain. The sunrise was veryContinue reading “Day 41: Cheers to the Land of Enchantment”

Miles Hiked: 28.5 Total Milage: 654.6 This morning I woke up at 5:30 and started hiking by 5:45. I was frustrated that I didn’t sleep well last night when I knew I had such a big day to hike today. Today was the first time I had my rain pants and gloves with me onContinue reading “Day 40: Carson National Forest”

Miles Hiked: Zero Total Milage: 626.1 Location: Hopewell Lake This morning I woke up and did my chores as efficiently as I could. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go back to trail today yet or not. After some research on conditions and the weather, I made the decision to hitch hike back toContinue reading “Day 39: The long hitch back”

Miles Hiked: 25.6 Total Milage: 614.6 Location: Rio Vallecitos This morning I woke up to coyotes howling at 5am. It was noticably warm for the morning, so I packed up my things and hit the trail before 6am. I continued hiking through more alpine meadows. It reminded me of the balds in the southern AppalachianContinue reading “Day 37: Rio Vallecitos”

Miles Hiked: 16.8 Total Milage: 589 Today Rockslide dropped us all off around 9:30 am. I was really sad to say goodbye to him but I’m hopeful that I will see him soon! Free Fall and I continued to hike the Ghost Ranch alternate while 12 Pack and Jenga opted to go back to theContinue reading “Day 36: Ghost Ranch”

Miles Hike: 28.2 Total Milage: 572.2 Location: Chama River Canyon Wilderness This morning I woke up at 6am and left camp before 7am. My goal was to hike 28 miles to the highway and go to Santa Fe for a double zero from there (two days of not hiking). I wasn’t sure if I couldContinue reading “Day 33: Chama River Canyon Wilderness”

Miles Hiked: 26.1 Total Milage: 544 Location: Stream, mile 655.1 This morning Rockslide woke me up around 6am. We walked to McDonalds to get breakfast and then back to the Motel to pack up our things. I started hiking around 8:45 am. The day started with a 5 mile road walk out of town. RockslideContinue reading “Day 32: San Pedro Wilderness”

Miles Hiked: 14.9 Total Milage: 517.9 Location: Del Prado Motel, Cuba New Mexico Today Rockslide and I woke up at 5am and were hiking by 6am. We had to go 15 miles to town and we wanted to get there by noon. The morning started with a hike across a valley before ascending to theContinue reading “Day 31: Cuba, NM”

Miles Hiked: 20.6 Total Milage: 503 Today Rockslide, Free Fall, and I all slept in. I was so sore and exhausted from yesterday. We took our time packing up, making hot coffee for breakfast, and hanging out. I took advantage of the time to do some much needed stretching before heading out to hike aroundContinue reading “Day 30: 500 Miles!”

Miles Hiked: 28.8 Total Milage: 482.4 This morning Rockslide and I woke up around 5:20 am. We were very slow about getting ready but we made hot coffee and hit the trail around 6:45am. I wanted to do a long day so my goal was to hike the first 9 miles to the water sourceContinue reading “Day 29: The Badlands”

Miles Hiked: 25.3 Total Milage: 453.6 Location: Mt. Taylor, NM This morning we woke up at 4:30 am. Everyone was ready and hiking up the trail by 5am. We had to gain 2,000 feet of elevation over the course of 3 miles to arrive at the summit of 11,300 feet. Our goal was to getContinue reading “Day 28: Mt Taylor”