May 21, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 25.5 / 414.3 The skies looked clear this morning and I was up early to get on the trail. My spot last night amongst the pine trees was perfect and as I started down the trail I realized I had made a good decision to stop when I did. The ground was covered with rocks […]

May 20, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 24.6 / 388.8 It continued to rain on and off throughout the night. When morning came there were no more dark clouds in the sky. Maybe it will be a rain-free day. The trail continued down the gravel road for another 5 miles before turning into a paved road for another 2 1/2 miles. It […]

May 19, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 26.2 / 364.2 I was up and around fairly early this morning, but got hung up in the chatter at the hostel before leaving. Dana ( the toaster house caretaker) took my obligatory picture under the toaster arch and I started down the trail. The trail out of Pie Town is a 33 mile roadwalk. […]

May 18, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 13.8 / 338 I slept in this morning and when I awoke everything was wet from condensation. I went yo the kitchen and cooked me some scrambled eggs hoping things would dry out a little. No such luck. Being between two mountains the sun wouldn’t reach my tent until after 9:00. I packed my gear […]

May 17, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 21.1 / 324.2 From where I camped the trail continued on a dirt road. This is the first dirt road I’ve walked in New Mexico that was actually muddy. The road was rutted in places and had some puddles that I had to walk around. About 5 miles in I came across a water cache […]

May 16, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 21.4 / 303.1 I stopped before a big climb last night because I didn’t want to carry the extra 2 liters (4.4 lbs) of water up the mountain. Now I get to face a 1,000’ climb first thing this morning. The climb really wasn’t that bad. It was a gradual climb and I took my […]

May 15, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 25.5 / 281.7 Things were still pretty wet this morning, so I took some time to dry off my gear the best I could before packing up. The trail was going to be a road walk for about 19 miles this morning. The road was actually pretty nice. It was a forest road through the […]

May 14, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 18.5 / 256.2 It didn’t rain much last night, but I didn’t get my footprint under my tent well and water had run under my tent and I must have a leak in the floor. I woke up to a pretty wet floor in one corner of my tent. I’ll take a look at it […]

May 13, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 20.0 / 237.7 After leaving the Gila River before Doc Campbell’s yesterday, I kept my feet dry the rest of the day and my socks and shoes dried out. I woke up this morning knowing that as soon as I started I would be crossing the River again all day. It started just outside camp. […]

May 12, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 15.0/ 217.7 I was a little slow to get around this morning. I was not looking forward to the water crossings again today. Once I was up and moving it wasn’t too bad though. There were 9 water crossings from my campsite to the Hwy 15 bridge where I would leave the river. The deepest […]