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”
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Day 36: Ghost Ranch
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”
Day 34 and 35: Double Zero in Santa Fe
Miles Hiked: 0 The two days we spent not hiking in Santa Fe were much needed for me. My feet were hurting a ton and my body needed some time to recover after hiking two very long days back to back. For the most part I took as many baths as I could and ateContinue reading “Day 34 and 35: Double Zero in Santa Fe”
Day 33: Chama River Canyon Wilderness
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”
Day 32: San Pedro 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”
Day 31: Cuba, NM
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”
Day 30: 500 Miles!
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!”
Day 29: The Badlands
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”
Day 28: Mt Taylor
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”
Day 27: Gooseberry Springs
Miles: 18.5 Total Milage: 428.3 This morning I slept in til 8am. I was incredibly slow to leave town. I took a bath and shaved my legs before packing up my things. We had to run to Walmart for an extra item before I could finally get in the car to leave. Rockslide dropped JengaContinue reading “Day 27: Gooseberry Springs”
