Hiking the CDT from Lordsburg to...


The approximate hiking route. Doesn't look like much until you are trudging along at ground level
Here's what it looked like at the beginning. Acres, & acres, & acres of nothing much, except sand.

The monsoon rain we had in July caused all this growth. Good for hiding mean critters like the rattlesnake I saw
It is not immediately clear, but the mountains are getting closer... maybe another 2 weeks?

This is what constitutes a desert road. This one began as an installation road for a gas line.
Still closer yet. And that bloody fence I gotta cross is getting closer as well.

My first real break. Probably at the 7 or 8 mile point. As the day wore on, there were more and more of these.


One of the first of the CDT trail markers


There was a faint trail here, but it was NOT the norm. Usually you had to spot the CDT markers before moving
This is a drainage, which also doubles as a road (All following pictures are from the second day)

This two or three inch ABS pipe went for a long ways down this drainage. I think it served the water source I mentioned in the narrative
Almost none of the original windmill pumps are operational. I think they be using electric pumps

Fire danger may be moderate in Glenwood, but it doesn't look moderate here
I loved the lichen works on this rock, but I hate it when I get my shadow in the bloody picture

More rockwork


For the CDT thru-hikers, this is a reminder that they still have 3000 miles to go. :-))

Looking back down the drainage towards Lordsburg. I started from the other side of this desert area
Not sure what this white rock is, but it is all over


This is a close-up of the picture to the left
This is a picture of the intrepid hiker taking just one more rest break. There were many before I go to the road