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CDT – Day 3 – Well to South Uhl Draw
5/27/15, Day 3 - cowboy camp
Well to South Uhl Draw
24.7, 63.6 Trip Miles
Mostly Sunnt, 80's Windy
6:50 to 8:20 pm
Critter Count
4 Lizrads
1 Horny Toad
1 Jack Rabbit
Totals
14 Lizrads
6 Horny Roads
2 Jack Rabbit
1 snake
Today…
CDT – Day 2 – Unnamed Wash to Well
5/26/15
Day 2
Unnamed Wash to Well
20.9, 38.9 Trip Miles
Partly Could, 50's Very windy with Rain and thunder off and on
7:05 to 5:00 pm
Critter Count
4 Lizrads
1 Horny Toads
Totals
10 Lizrads
5 Horny Roads
1 snake
1 Jack Rabbit
Today…
CDT – Day 1 – Crazy Cook to Unnamed Wash
4/25/15
Day 1
Crazy Cook to Unnamed Wash
18.0, 18.0 Trip Miles
Sunny, 80's Very windy
Critter Count
6 Lizrads
4 Horny Roads
1 snake
1 Jack Rabbit
What can I say about today. It was a mix of emotion. Leaving my folks in Lordsburg,…
T -1 Day
4/24/15
I start hiking in about 20 hours! I sit in a Hampton Inn in Durango Colorado unable to even nap. Despite doing two long hikes already I find myself full of anixity. I haven't slept worth a shit for days. It took the motion of…
Helping Hands
I have been lucky enough to either continue working with some of the following companies or recently gained their support for this year's hike. As I'm a numbers person I can say combined, along with a few other grateful individuals I have…
“…Caretakers of your Scathole.”
So I was looking for a company that made wipes to use as toilet paper on the trail. My only two really hit points were they had to be scent free and biodegradable. I did a search online and found some crazy company called "DUDE WIPES". I…
Grateful
Tonight I went to see the movie, "The Theory of Everything". If you don't know what it's about, it's the life story of Stephen Hawking.
Seeing this tonight reminded me of a thought I had this weekend while riding mountain bikes in Loma. It…
Bears, Singletrack, and Pavement
A while back I wrote this on Facebook, "Every year I say I'm going to ride less and do more hiking, fishing or trail running, anything but riding." So can someone explain why two out of the last three weeks I have ridden over 200 miles, climbed…
Wearing the other shoe
Three times now I have gone into the woods for a hike. Each time I left behind my family in the process. One member in particular always worries the most, my mom. So on this, Mother's Day I thought I would let her know I have worn her…
Beer Can Wallets
So winter time is when I "kinda" slow down. Most winters I get out my sewing machine and get creative. Two years ago I saw a bartender who has a leather wrist band that had a PBR can riveted to it. It made me think I could do something similar…
