After a year of learning, planning, and getting my gear dialed in I’m finally ready to begin. I got up at 4:00 AM to catch a small plane to El Paso. I’m on the plane…Continue Reading

We got up early and took the shuttle to the Crazy Cook Monument on the Mexican border. The driver kept it interesting with various facts and landmarks. The dirt roads were recently improved and I…Continue Reading

We had an insane cow mooing last night.  I swear it was right in camp. I like cows as long as they don’t trample me in my sleep. Many people take the dirt road in…Continue Reading

We heard lots of coyotes last night and two owls kept hooting back and forth. I love all the night creature sounds!  We are next to a highway and the trucks woke me up several…Continue Reading

Rick felt so bad this morning that he left his tent behind to save the weight.  He rolled it all up and left it at the well for someone else to have. We hiked to…Continue Reading

I met Pat and Judy at 6:30 AM, and we went to McDonald’s and bought burritos and lots of hot sauce for my pack.  I saw Ghost Hiker and Sparky and wanted to talk with…Continue Reading

No, that’s not trail magic! 🙂 We saw this poor cow later in the day. We smelled it a quarter mile away. We started early and said goodbye to Heather and never saw her again…Continue Reading

We decided to push it and returned to Lordsburg at around 2:00.  We found the famous tractor on the west side of pyramid peak near the trail.  It was really just a long hot slog…Continue Reading