Des Hikes Thru

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"

Miles: 8.2 Total Milage: 409.8 Location: Grants, New Mexico Today we had an easy road walk into to Grants. Grants will be the first town we have seen with multiple services and the first bed we have all slept in since Silver City. The sun was hitting the canyon walls in a very pretty way.Continue reading "Day 25: Cinco de Mayo in Grants, NM"

Miles: 19.8 Total Milage: 401.6 Location: Bonita Canyon This morning I woke up to a frozen tent. I got up and did some more stretches before packing up my things. The ground was covered with a sparkling layer of frost. I hiked with 12 pack for the beginning of the day. After 0.4 miles weContinue reading "Day 24: Bonita Canyon"

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 wantContinue reading "Day 23: Everyday it’s a new pain"

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 IContinue reading "Day 22: Trail Angels of Albuquerque"

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 packedContinue reading "Day 21: Oops"

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 6amContinue reading "Day 20: Pie Town"

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 packedContinue reading "Day 19: Davilla Ranch"