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...
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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...
SF2T- Post Script-4
Sunday, Aug 23rd – Level picked me up at Cappuccino’s house in the morning, and we headed up to Sipapu Resort, where I would be starting the trail tomorrow. After about a 3-hour drive,...
SF2T- Post Script-3
First, a short recap. I was hiking the Santa Fe to Taos Trail (SF2T) in June with Cappuccino. I had heart palpitations that made me get off the trail roughly two-thirds of the way...
4 responses to “SF2T- Post Script-3”
First, excellent choice your son made in getting a Prius. I’ve had 2016 Prius for ten years and am still loving it. Sure I’ve put a few bucks into it but nothing like a 2026 Prius. Books on tape? Podcasts? Sweet silence? What’s a road trip like for you two? Sleep? Indeed it’s a tough winter for water on the trail. Good luck. Read about the flash floods at Phantom Ranch in the Canyon!
Got my first Prius in 2010 and we’ve been a Prius family ever since. Will had that old Prius until a few years ago when a drunk driver drove into it and totaled it while it was parked in D.C. He and his wife just moved to Longmont, CO and they needed a car again, so we sold them ours cheap. Nancy and I got a RAV4 to replace it. Traveling with Nancy is easy. We usually talk or listen to music. Silence is good, too. Grand Canyon, OMG!!! As the kids say.
I love a good road trip. The drive from Laramie to Fort Collins is a beautiful drive. Big change for the kids, glad they’re are out of DC and in Colorado. Also glad you stopped and got checked out. Better safe than sorry. And next time, please take picture of kids, Cappy and dog!
Hey Oscar, Yeah, glad Will and Sinclair have a chance at living in the west. And it’s been a couple years since Nancy and I’ve done a road trip, so that was great. Lots to see across the northern tier. And as far as getting my palpitations evaluated, well if I have to go, being in the wilderness when it happened wouldn’t be bad, but I’m not quite ready to check out yet. So it was the better option to make sure I was ok. Finally, sorry about the lack of pictures. I was so intent on getting the car to them, then intent on fly to Albuquerque, then focused on the hiking, that I sort of forgot to take pics. I didn’t take all that many even on the hike which is unusual for me. Anyway, next time for sure.👍