Our travels to get to the CDT started in Akron, Ohio. We rented a car and drove out west to Denver, Colorado. We have a good friend who lives there. Not only could we visit but we were also able to spend the week getting used to the higher elevation.
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| Kansas City |
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| We made it to Colorado! |
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| Had to stop at Red Rocks in Colorado |
During our stay in Colorado we went to a ski resort and went snowshoeing at around 9,000 feet. Snowshoeing is when you use special shoes which distribute your weight over a larger surface area so that you don’t sink to the bottom of soft snow.
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| Getting used to the higher elevation |
We also went to Loveland Pass which is around 11,900 feet in elevation. We were able to hike there. The views were beautiful and it afforded us the opportunity to see how our bodies would react to hiking at such a high elevation. We are both excited to get back to Colorado!
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| Loveland Pass, Colorado |
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| Hiking on the Continental Divide |
Next, our friend dropped us at the Greyhound station on Saturday and we took a 20 hour bus ride from Denver to Lordsburg, New Mexico. We stopped in El Paso which was really interesting because there was a lot of Border Patrol. This was our first experience with the Border Patrol.
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| On the bus to Lordsburg, NM! |
When we got to Lordsburg we settled into our hotel room for the night before our adventure began.
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| Bubbles arriving at the hotel |
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| We can see the mountains from our hotel |
The next morning we were picked up at 6:30 in the morning by our shuttle through the CDTC (Continental Divide Trail Coalition). My shuttle driver’s name was Leslie and Sprout's was Jeff. The ride was, to say the least, crazy! The road to get to Crazy Cook Monument, the southern terminus of the CDT, was so desolate it’s on an unnamed road! The ride was mayhem. While riding along I realized I was clenching my teeth and holding on tight because the roads are completely uneven and bumpy. I was actually nervous for the car!
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| Packing our gear into our shuttle cars! |
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| Stopped to fill up water boxes |
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| One of our shuttle cars! |
We were dropped off at Crazy Cook Monument and began our adventure around 11:00 a.m.!
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Southernmost Point
Crazy Cook Monument |
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