Before leaving Lordsburg I needed to go to the Post office to send food to a resupply point that has no groceries and also to forward my snow gear which I won’t need before Colorado.
The first part getting out of Lordsburg was really dry and hot going through treeless desert and the mountains were welcome at the end of the first day. But due to my trail legs still developing I split up with Pretzel and did the first solo night, which was very nice and relaxing.
The second day after Lordsburg proved to be pretty hard on my legs as the trail went up to Jack’s Peak at over 8000ft. I walked as far as I could after climbing up and down that mountain and was left with 27 miles to Silver City.
Today was enjoyable during a canyon walk with very pretty views, but as I had decided to make it into town the second part was a 13 mile highway walk towards the city which was made a little more enjoyable as I met Raff a hiker from Australia with which I could share some stories. I decided to take a hotel room and have already done most of the chores as well had dinner. Tomorrow I will need to buy some more food that I need to forward to the Toaster House in Pie Town. I am looking forward to that place just by the names alone.
