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October 15, 2011 12.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
From Canyon Estates parking lot we took the South Crest trail to the Faulty Trail, then took Barts Trail up the mountain. Faulty Trail was very wooded with less rocks—much like the trails I'm used to back east. The Barts Trail was rocky and straight uphill for an hour until we reached the the South Crest trail that runs the along the ridge of the Sandias. We...
August 28, 2011 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
August 13, 2011 12 miles 2,000 feet gained
Our first long day hike in NM, the first weekend after finding a place to live in Albuquerque. We met several lizards that looked like bearded dragons, although they were more colorful. We hiked from the Canyon Estates parking lot up the South Crest Trail until we reached the northern Embudito Trail trailhead—then turned back around due to looming storm clou...
August 7, 2011 2.5 miles 0 feet gained
Our first walk in the desert, and on our 1st anniversary. This was a nice way to experience a very unfamiliar landscape as the trail was short and we were in the presence of 700 year old petroglyphs. Really fascinating.
April 6, 2011 1.5 miles 0 feet gained
Walked the Canal Trail for Alfie's birthday and to check out the condition of his knee after leaving the AT. We must have seen 5 or 6 snakes, one of which fell out of a tree directly beside me. He immediately headed for the river just a few feet away. I like snakes but this freaked me out.
April 2 to April 8, 2011 75 miles 3,500 feet gained 6 nights
My husband, Alfie, and I planned to hike SOBO from Rt. 11 (from where we left NOBO for our previous hike) and go all the way on the AT to Springer Mtn in GA. We left April 2nd and were aiming to be picked up the first weekend in June, which would have left us time to go slow and possibly take some side trails through the Smokies... Day 1 / April 2 / Hiked 9 ...
March 3 to March 5, 2011 44 miles 4,250 feet gained 2 nights
Our first hike on the Appalachian Trail! We started at Rt. 11 with the hopes of getting picked up at the James River Foot Bridge (around 55 miles).... Day 1 / March 3 / Hiked 10 miles — Stayed at Wilson Creek Shelter Day 2 / March 4 / Hiked 24 miles — Our water was frozen in the morning. That day we covered an obscene number of miles for how inexperience...
