July 30th on the National Forest Trip – The Forks campground in Gila proved to be a nice easy spot for the evening, with many empty spots around, even if the Tortuga was a bit annoyed at some nearby humans’ decision to come to the wilderness to play country music REALLY LOUD. (The Tortuga’s passive-aggressive[…]
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On the morning of July 29, after rearm, resupply and refuel operations at a Las Cruces Wal-Mart, the Tortuga headed West towards Deming, New Mexico. For those that remember their grade school geography class the Tortuga had a date with the Continental Divide, that special place in the Americas where east meets west. A ridge[…]
The morning of July 27 started with the sunrise through the juniper and the march of day crossing the valley toward the Tortuga on Guadalupe Ridge, a high desert with spectacular views that extend over 100 miles. It is still hard to believe that it was almost three days in the Guadalupe section of the Lincoln[…]