Day 3
Another beautiful New Mexico morning.
After breakfast it was time for our group picture.
We cleaned out our tents and did our
final packing for the trek.
The welcome center was a
busy place in the
mornings with about 500 people arriving
in camp, 500 leaving camp for the
back country, 500 coming off the mountain
and another 500 departing for home.
Everyone was surprised
at the amount of
weight we were carrying.
Last look at base camp for a few days.
The bus took us around
the north highway
that cuts through Philmont. Our trek started at the drop
point on US 64.
Blake covered more map
skills and we
were ready for our adventure.
After about a two mile
hike we made
our first camp. Vaca Camp was to be our home for
the night but fist we had a busy afternoon of
instruction from the Ranger.
Blake covered lots of
topics with us. Everything
from cooking to latrine procedures. We learned a lot.
After supper and clean
up we were ready
for bed. I'm not sure it was even dark yet.