We crushed it today!! We started by getting up at 4:00 a.m. and got on trail by 5:00 a.m. Then we went 20 miles! That puts us at 65.5 miles on the CDT! We wanted to get an early start on the trail to get ahead of the heat. I’m happy to say we got 12 miles in by 10;00 a.m.! Usually our goal is to hike 10 miles by 12:00 p.m., Haha.
The other day the heat was unbearable and we really don’t want to hike in this heat if at all possible. We got to the next water cache around 11:00 a.m. and drank as much water as we could and eventually took off.
The crazy part about hiking in the desert is that there’s really no where to sit to take a break. If you do just sit on the ground the heat is just ridiculous (there’s not much shade).
We were in a somewhat flat desert field for a while today. It was wide open and crazy windy. The wind was blowing so hard we were basically leaning forward into the wind. All we could do was keep pushing ahead. When we got to our 20 mile mark I looked over and saw a tree and we decide to set up camp. It’s rare to find a tree this size in New Mexico so it only seemed right to call it a day.
We packed out enough water for tonight and tomorrow morning. The next water cache is 20 miles from the last one so we really had to make sure we took enough water. We have 12.8 miles to get to the next cache.
We’re planning on getting up early again, somewhere around 3:30 to 4:00 a.m. and getting as far as we can. We have 20 miles until Lordsburg and I can taste the double cheeseburgers already!
When we got to camp the wind was blowing so bad we didn’t think we would be able to get the tent up. I didn’t really want to cowboy camp again so we took a few minutes, gathered our thoughts, and I went looking for big rocks to help hold our tent stakes in the ground.
As the evening went on the wind finally died down a little. I’m hoping for a good night's rest so that we can get another big mile day in tomorrow.
Miles hiked: 20
Total miles hiked: 66
Animals seen:
Cows
Jackrabbits
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