No country for Old Men

Kadizzle revisited Pueblo Ruin yesterday.  We did not get back to the Earth module until 7:30 at night. If Kadizzle learned anything it is how old he is.  Coming down from the ruin Kadizzle kept thinking this is equivalent to hiking up out of the Grand Canyon.  A couple times turning back early seemed very tempting.

Just driving to the place where you start walking is a chore.  After 20 miles of gravel road with plenty of washboard surfaces you finally cross Cherry Creek for the last time.  Now the road gets absolutely terrible. About three or four miles of nasty, nasty road the jeep finally reaches the departure point.  Along the drive there is a boulder the size of bulldozer.  Stopping one person gets out and watches as the jeep squeezes behind the boulder.

Totally exhausted Kadizzle showered and went to bed without eating.  The soreness may take a couple days to go away.  Another thought coming down was how important hiking poles are.  Kadizzle would have fallen numerous times .   When you fall on this trail you can go down hundreds of feet.  One of the bizarre features of the trail is you do not realize how precarious it is unto you see it from the other side of the canyon.  Give me some time and I will try to put some pictures on here.