Day 33: 19 May, 23.4 miles today, 551.7 miles total, Starrynight Ranch, NM We’d first met Leaves and Hombre at the hostel in Silver City. A cheerful hiker couple with maybe just a couple of… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 6: the end of New Mexico
Day 27: 13 May, 17.3 miles today, 439.5 miles total, Mt. Taylor, NM The low point in the day might actually have been the moment we put on our packs in the hotel room. We’d… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 5: a land of enchantment and/or burning
Day 20: 06 May, 3.0 miles today, 338.0 miles total, Pie Town, NM Breakfast at the Top of the World general store was not worth the wait. Perhaps in prior years it had been a… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 4: CDT boot camp
Day 11: 27 April, 18.2 miles today, 176.0 miles total, Gila National Forest, NM Gila River Crossings: 0 Today we didn’t even set foot on the official CDT, opting to leave Silver City via the… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 3: water and fire
Day 06: 22 April, 18.6 miles today, 102.1 miles total, Hornbrook Mountain, NM As we left Lordsburg our packs were laden with food for the next four days and water for the next 15 miles… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 2: blisters and dust
Day 00: 16 April, 0.0 miles today, 0.0 miles total, Lordsburg, NM The TSA precheck line in Atlanta built and built and built without moving. The airport had compensated for the decreased foot traffic at… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 1: a new beginning, a good beginning
Day 43: 20 Feb, 62.6 miles today, 2,246.8 miles total, Caballo, NM When we were planning this trip, the single most important concern was how completely out of shape we felt. Worried that we might… Read More »My half-assed, unedited, and poorly thought-out bike diary, part 7
Day 36: 13 Feb, 54.0 miles today, 1,877.9 miles total, Marathon, TX A thought that has followed me on this trip like a farm dog I just can’t shake is how much uncertainty the bicycles… Read More »My half-assed, unedited, and poorly thought-out bike diary, part 6