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Roadtrip back to trail
Date: 04.10.2022
Today we are going back to Chama, from where we go back on trail tomorrow at Cumbress pass. It's a long drive from Cedar City, Utah to Chama, new Mexico. Before heading out we stop at the Post Office and send our resupply boxes for Ghost Ranch and Cuba. We planned to head out much earlier but as always, things tend to take much more time. We finally drive out of Cedar City shortly before lunch time. And we do not get far! The drive out of Cedar City is so scenic and beautiful with all the colored aspen trees, we stop several times at view points and see all the way down to Zion National Park. We also stop at a view point called 'Cedar break' and enjoy the incredible view over the hoodoo features. The next stop is only a few miles down the road to visit the 'belly of the dragon' tunnel and only a few minutes later we stop again to visit the beautiful colored sand caves. We are not making much progress but it is amazing. In Caneb we stop for lunch and milkshake and feeling energized we hit the road again. This is how true freedom must feel like! Our last sightseeing stop is at the Horshoe Bend in Page. So many tourists are here, it feels kinda awkward. We only stop here for few minutes before we finally drive on again. We drive past beautiful scenery and an amazing sunset before we head to Chama in the dark, arriving there around 9.30pm. What a roadtrip this has been! Thank you so much Sledge for this wonderful day and that amazing roadtrip, it has been a blast!
Arriving in Chama I entered the Forster Bar and run into Onion, another thru hiker I met in Wyoming for the first time. She has the same plan as we do and will also hike out tomorrow.
I am a little nervous. It is much colder up here than anticipated and I totally forgot about the high elevation we are back at. The weather isn't the best for the next couple of days and suddenly the reality of being back on trail hits me hard. It feels like the first day again. Have I packed the right clothes for this stretch, do we have enough food, will I be strong enough to hike 25+ miles a day again? We shall soon find out!
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