Category Archives: CDT

El Malpais-Narrows Rim Trail Hike – 04/14/2022

We’ve looked forward to hiking the Narrows Rim Trail a the Malpais for some time – and doing it this time of year (spring or fall)! The trail begins at the south end of the Rim in El Malpais National … Continue reading

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Cumbres Pass CDT South Hike – 08/13/2021

This was the 2nd hike was during a 5 day camping trip to Northern New Mexico. We set up the R-Pod at Heron Lake for 4 nights. While Pat attended a 3 day workshop in Chama on dyeing wool, I … Continue reading

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Cumbres Pass CDT North Hike – 08/12/2021

This hike was during a 5 day camping trip to Northern New Mexico. We set up the R-Pod at Heron Lake for 4 nights. While Pat attended a 3 day workshop in Chama on dyeing wool, I drove up to … Continue reading

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Gooseberry Springs Trail Hike – 05/10/2021

Pat and I have hiked up Mount Taylor, last year and 2 years ago, and we were looking forward to doing it again. Jay and Nancy were intrigued and also wanted to ‘go the distance’. So we scheduled a 2-night … Continue reading

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Gooseberry Springs Trail Hike – 06/10/2020

We returned to Mount Taylor where Pat & I made two hikes two years ago (a reconnoiter hike followed two weeks later by a hike to the summit). As then, we took our R-Pod camper for two nights giving us … Continue reading

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El Malpais-Narrows Rim Hike – 03/26/2014

One of our early hikes, checking out trails around Grants, NM. This summary is posted from memory; it took place before I began this Hiking BLOG. This was such a nice hike with friend Vince. I think my memory will … Continue reading

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San Gregorio Lake Hike – 08/01/2018

‘Tis summer, hot in the “low lands”.  San Pedro Parks beckons us, to it’s higher elevation and forested landscape.  Having hiked here with Jay two years ago, I’ve looked forward to returning with Pat.  The Hike ‘Tis much as I … Continue reading

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Gooseberry Springs Trail Hike #2- 06/13/2018

Two weeks ago we hiked up the Gooseberry Springs Trail on Mount Taylor near Grants.  That was such a great hike, we decided to return soon with the goal of going all the way to the top.  So that we … Continue reading

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Gooseberry Springs Trail Hike – 06/01/2018

Our second day on a camping trip to the Grants area instead of heading to the Jemez (see the post for the Bluewater Lake Hike).  We had considered the Coal Mine Campground for the previous night, but because this was … Continue reading

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San Gregorio Lake Hike – 08/20/2017

Before the weather turns colder, and snow comes to the Jemez, and having hiked in all of the canyons off of the Rio Cebolla, we headed to the San Pedro Parks Wilderness. This is a most beautiful area, with higher … Continue reading

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