Start: 755.2
Stop: 779.3
Today’s Miles: 24.1
Total CDT miles: 638.5
HELLLLOOOOOOO COLORAAAAAADO!!
After 39 days on trail, Pebbles and I crossed the New Mexico/Colorado border today! I’m so dang happy I can’t stand it.. except that for the first time in practically forever, I was bitten by mosquitos today. Hopefully that’s not a sign of what’s to come.
I slept well, especially since I could hear the creek beside our tents all night. It felt like listening to my white noise app, so peaceful! As always though, morning came too quick for me. We were up and hiking by 6:30, and yall, I’m still not used to that.
The morning started off cool, temperature wise, and the trail felt very green and slightly overgrown. We hit a dirt road and met a bike packer doing the Great Divide Trail. Pretty cool to think you can just cycle the whole way too, seems crazy but I guess we seem crazy to them.
Anyway. The morning was mild and then as we got closer to Colorado, the trail seemed to climb a little bit and we started to get some pretty incredible views. In the afternoon, we hit the border, and to my great delight, someone had put out a cooler of trail magic!! I got a Mountain Dew and then Pebbles and I took pictures with the border sign.
Initially we planned to get into Chama tonight, but we’d have to hitch a long way and so many hikers are there to wait out the snow in the San Juan Mountains a little bit longer.. so the rooms available are expensive. We decided to just camp close to the road, hike that little bit in the morning, hitch to town, and then hitch back all in the same day.
It works out great for today, because the spot we decided to camp wasn’t far after the border and the views are unbelievable already. We even saw a herd of elk and heard them bugling! We got an epic sunset and even though the mosquitos are out, they aren’t too bad, so we’re going to cowboy tonight to get out quicker in the morning. I cannot wait to see what all Colorado has in store for us!! If it’s anything like the last few hours, it’s going to be spectacular!
Goodnight yall!
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