Mark’s Photos- #27
It was late March of 2017, and I was well along on my hike of the Arizona Trail, or AZT, as thru-hikers call it. I had hiked from the Mexican border through the desert...
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Marks’s Photos- #26
Today there are two photos from the archive. In August of 2008, our family went backpacking in the Weminuche Wilderness along the Continental Divide in Colorado. With elevations for much of the trip above...
SF2T- Day 10 (End of trail)
It rained for about 30 minutes last night. It was a gentle rain, but off to the north there was thunder. It never came my way, though. I was up at 4 for a...
Mark’s Photos- #25
In the first week of November of 2012, I talked Scatman into going to the Gila Wilderness for a short backpacking trip. It was cold. Like in the low 20’s at night, but the...
SF2T- Day 9 (Return to trail)
Last night I was so tired I stopped at the very first place I could hang my hammock. It was practically on the trail, but no hikers came by overnight while I was there....
SF2T- Day 8 (Return to trail)
Cappuccino and I were on the road at 5:15 a.m. Starbucks in hand. Driving north through the dark with scant traffic I was disappointed that Cappy couldn’t hike with me. Her new dog is...
4 responses to “SF2T- Day 8 (Return to trail)”
welcome back to dry ol’ New Mexico. Your efforts are almost herculean if not demented.
Ill pray for rain Anywhere out west… Safe travels,
Scatman
Hey Bob, thanks for the welcome to NM. It was good to be there. Herculean? I think I’ll settle for demented. Also, be careful about that praying for rain anywhere. Think Grand Canyon last week!!!! Anyway, good to hear from ya, hope all is well and happy trails.
“It goes up about 1,100 ft in a mile!! Over a 20% grade and tops out at 10,100 ft of elevation.” Yikes. And then another such climb at the end! I hope you had your favorite trail meal that night. The last picture of your final assent gives me the willies. Rocky roads are not my favorite ice cream nor my favorite hiking trails atoll! Hannah and I no longer hike the Romero Canyon Trail in Santa Barbara because of the, not critical but descriptive, rocks and rocks in that trail.
This was a harder hike than I anticipated. But Pam Neely, who created the route, does call it “difficult” and “challenging.” No arguments from me. And, unlike you, I do like a rocky road, but only as an ice cream flavor.