The first stretch of the Continental Divide Trail from Crazy Cook to Lordsburg was... a cooker, literally. With temperatures in the mid-80s and few places to seek shade, I felt like I was in an oven. My feet swelled beyond the capacity of my experimental shoes, and I hobbled into Lordsburg with terrible blisters and foot pain. I am taking a day off to heal up, and am missing the company of my friends, who hiked ahead - I will rejoin them in Silver City.
The Bootheel area of southern New Mexico is an amazing, but harsh landscape. The ocotillo, barrel, and cholla cacti were all in full bloom, and sunrise and sunsets sublime. Enjoying it!
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| Our crew at the Crazy Cook Monument |
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| Ocotillo bloom at sunset in the Big Hatchet mountains. |
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| Ocotillos in the morning |
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| Cholla cactus welcomes hikers leaving the Big Hatchet Mountains |
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Hikers walking towards the Coyote Hills
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