Miles: 19.5 Miles Hiked: 381.8 Location: El Mapis This morning I woke up around 6am to see a beautiful sunrise. I didn’t even have to leave my cozy sleeping bag on the trail. I didn’t hear anyone moving around yet, so I happily went back to sleep for about another hour. I did not wantContinueContinue reading “Day 23: Everyday it’s a new pain”
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Day 22: Trail Angels of Albuquerque
Miles: 22.3 Total Milage: 362.3 Location: Cerro Brillante Last night I didn’t sleep at all. I tossed and turned and even considered getting up to hike in the middle of the night. In the end I decided it would be better just to let my body rest even if I wasn’t sleeping. At 4am IContinueContinue reading “Day 22: Trail Angels of Albuquerque”
Day 21: Oops
Miles: 23.5 Total Milage: 340 Location: Mile 437.5 of CDT Today I woke up on the small couch at the toaster house. I didn’t sleep great last night because I was uncomfortable but it was nice to have a roof over my head for once. I took down my tent in the yard and packedContinueContinue reading “Day 21: Oops”
Day 20: Pie Town
Miles Hiked: 14 Total Milage: 316.5 Location: Toaster House, Pie Town Last night a coyote screamed very loudly and close to our shelter around 3am. It woke all of us up and I had some trouble falling back asleep because it was so unsettling. Eventually I closed me eyes again and woke up around 6amContinueContinue reading “Day 20: Pie Town”
Day 19: Davilla Ranch
Miles Hiked: 5 Total Milage: 302.5 Location: Davilla Ranch I hardly slept last night. The rain/snow/sleet kept coming down and I was worried my tent might fall over if I wasn’t awake to shake off all the heavy wet snow. Everything in my tent was damp and it was cold yet again. We all packedContinueContinue reading “Day 19: Davilla Ranch”
Day 18: What the Hail!
Miles Hiked: 22 Total Milage: 297.5 Location: Pie Town Road Alt Mile 21 Today I woke up and my tent was an icicle. I said I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag yesterday, but today was even worse! I had no idea New Mexico could be this cold in April. I feelContinueContinue reading “Day 18: What the Hail!”
Day 17: Aaragon Well
Miles Hiked: 23 Total Milage: 275.5 Location: Aragon Well I almost completely forgot to write my blog tonight when I laid down in bed. Today felt like such a long day for some reason. The day started around 6am when we woke up to a light dusting of snow. It was 36 degrees in theContinueContinue reading “Day 17: Aaragon Well”
Day 16: Two Track Day
Miles Hiked: 24.8 Total Milage: 252.5 Location: Gila Alt Mile 102 Last night it was really cold. I wish I had pitched my tent for some extra warmth. We heard coyotes howling all night long. They have reintroduced wolves to this area as well so it could have been one of them. They were stillContinueContinue reading “Day 16: Two Track Day”
Day 15: Bear Sighting #1 and Javelinas
Miles Hiked: 21 Total Milage: 227 Location: Snow Lake This morning I woke up around 6am. It was so cold I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag. My shoes were frozen solid and my feet were in a lot of pain from the cold but I knew it would help numb anyContinueContinue reading “Day 15: Bear Sighting #1 and Javelinas”
Day 14: Oh my Gila!
Miles Hiked: 19 Total Milage: 206.45 Location: Glia Rive Alt mile 56.2 This morning I woke up at Doc Campbells around 6am. I packed up my things ate breakfast and hit the trail around 7am with everyone else. We started the day with a 5 mile round trip road walk that included a 1 mileContinueContinue reading “Day 14: Oh my Gila!”
Day 13: Doc Campbells
Miles Hiked: 11 Total Milage: 187.45 Location: Doc Campbells Post This morning the four of us all slept in and didn’t leave camp until around 8am. We were excited to get to town but we knew the river crossings would be absolutely freezing until the sun came up. I was hoping Jenga might catch usContinueContinue reading “Day 13: Doc Campbells”
Day 12: Follow the Carins Karen!
Miles Hiked: 17.3 Total Milage: 176.45 Location: Gila River Alt Mile 26.9 This morning our group all woke up around 5:45am. I did some stretches, drank my breakfast shake, and packed up to go hiking. When Revolt was getting ready I could tell he didn’t feel good and he said that he felt like throwingContinueContinue reading “Day 12: Follow the Carins Karen!”
Day 11: Into the Gila
Miles Hiked: 18 Total Milage: 159.15 Location: Moore Canyon, Mile 10.6 of the Gila Alternate This morning I woke up in my tent with Itchy around 6:30am and started getting ready for the trail. Before we left Itchy and I walked down the street to get some coffee from Javalina coffee shop. I was sadContinueContinue reading “Day 11: Into the Gila”
Day 10: Zero Day #2 / Taco Tuesday
Miles Hiked : ZeroTotal Milage 141.15Location: Triple Crown Hostel, Silver City NM I fell asleep around 7pm last night and slept great until 5:30am. Our friend “Flash” who we met on the AT picked up Itchy at 6am and drove her back to her car in Lordsburg. I talked to Flash out by his carContinueContinue reading “Day 10: Zero Day #2 / Taco Tuesday”
Day 9: Silver City!
Miles Hiked: 18 Total Milage: 141.15 Location: Triple Crown Hostel, Silver City New Mexico Last night I slept great. I woke up around 5:45 to the sounds of my friends packing up their camp things. I woke Itchy up and we started getting ready as well. For breakfast I made a shake of carnation breakfast,ContinueContinue reading “Day 9: Silver City!”
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