Founder’s Favorite
Today I delve a little more deeply into the Santa Fe to Taos Trail. Since Pam Neely, the trail founder, has neatly laid out various itineraries in her guidebook, I have chosen her 12...
Monthly Archive: February 2026
Santa Fe to Taos Trail
Also known as the SF2T, it is a trail that, unsurprisingly, starts at the main plaza in Santa Fe, NM, climbs up and over the 12,000-foot Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and, after 132 miles,...
Flu
The freight train, that is Influenza A, barreled into my life around 11 p.m. a week ago, Saturday, and that’s when my up close and very personal schooling on the flu began. Over the...
2026 Adventures
Over the last week, I’ve looked through trail descriptions, blogs, guidebooks, and a bunch of internet sites trying to find some interesting trails to hike this year. Part of me wants to just go...
2 responses to “2026 Adventures”
Is the Gila Wilderness anywhere near the Gila River in our home state of Arizona? I’ve heard of the Backbone Trail in Los Angeles County. That’s my vote. I know, I know about the wildfires. Still you’d be close to Santa Barbara for some Santa Ynez Mountain hiking with Dan and Hannah. Coffee at the Brass Bird in Carp! Maybe in 2027!
The Gila wilderness encompasses the headwaters of the Gila River. Which then flows a little south and finally west into Arizona.
I plan to do all the trails I’ve listed, assuming they are open. If it worked out to be able to do the Backbone Trail while you and Hannah are in Carp, I would prioritize it. But I don’t have enough info on it yet. I’ll keep you in the loop.👍