Journey Day 490 | CDT Day 153

It was very cold, and I spent the entire day in long underwear.

11/14/87

Dry breakfast. Push hoping for water. Very cold. End up all day in long underwear. High winds, thankful when parks become timbered. Enjoy Chivalo Mesa, then Mt. Taylor views. Meet hunters, they laugh at my deal. Man and young son just got first deer give me water, information.

Only one stock tank with water. When the second is dry, I stop and eat dry again, my mix, plus Sandi's Hawaiian mix. Sun nice. Friends of first hunters, pull up, more help on roads. La Mosca means lookout tower. But weather looking grim, so hike on. Stop to check map. Family hunting stops and gives me cookies, water. I show them my map.

Hike on, then decide to stop early, catch up on my journal, plot my move into Grants. Snow starts. Pitch tent in snow, cook mac and cheese, read of the winning of the West. Snow stops, but soon resumes. Stops again, but iffy skies make me feel I was wise to stop early. Update since Cuba, darkness comes. Snows on and off all night.