Hiking Update

On May 14th, Randy and I began a round the USA trip. We'd been thinking about this since we were in the AF. Since I retired in 1995, it seemed to us about time we did the trip.

Randy is blogging and posting pics of the trip at his myspace account: http://www.myspace.com/reloc.cfm?c=2&id=1bfea7fb-969c-47ac-8d42-37dcbde9df3e

We've managed to hike to the top of Mt Rogers, VA; Mt Mitchell in NC; and Brasstown Bald in GA. All of these are their state's highest mountains. We didn't even scope out the high peaks in FL or LA. We did however, give a shot at Guadalupe Peak in TX.
We ran out of time since we wanted to get to Carlsbad Caverns that day too. We missed getting to the peak by about 1 trail mile. I feel bad about leaving something incomplete but we were only going to be at that location one day and felt we had to see the caverns.

Anyway, we're now just outside of Santa Fe. We hiked a nature trail at the Bandelier National Monument, NM. This is an abandoned indian cliff dwelling site. So stupendous, I can't even say. At the far point of the trail is a section called the Alcove. A large hollow in the cliff face, 140 feet above the ground. The walls of the built village are gone now but the kiva had been rebuilt. My legs are still a little tired from climbing up and down the ladders leading to the cliff dwellings and the Alcove.


So, If you're interested in our trip, please go to the MySpace account I gave above and become Randy's friend. He's posting pics and a blog nearly everyday.