Woah! Less than two months between posts! For all you followers, which I think might be just my parents (which is ok, since I love my parents), get ready for many posts in the next month or so. We have two trips coming up in May before our epic road trip in June, so I'm sure I'll have a lot to write if I can keep up with everything.
Our most recent adventure was spent in the mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest camping with a large group of people. We went with about 10 other adults and 5 kids and only knew 2 of the adults. It was a great time getting to know some new people and make friends. We left Friday evening and drove about 2.5 hours from ABQ to our campsite. We went past Cuba, NM, then drove another hour or so past some farmland and up a dirt service road deep into the mountains (luckily, the couple organizing the trip knew where we were going). It was dark when we arrived, so we set up camp pretty quickly and enjoyed some hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, and beans for dinner.
I'll take a quick timeout to describe the incredibly coldness that we experienced at night. Cari and I constantly checked the weather for Cuba, NM throughout the week which indicated lows in the mid 30's. Not too bad, right? Wrong. After Cuba, we climbed another 1500 - 2000 feet in elevation which meant lows in the low 20's. It was...COLD. Cari and I zipped our sleeping bags together (a trick Nate and Susan taught us), dressed in layers, and used our precious (and hairy) dog Belle as a mini-heater. So, we survived!
Saturday was spent eating breakfast burritos and fruit (we ate REALLY well), hiking up the mountain, going on walks, hanging out and talking, and playing frisbee. It was quite relaxing, other than having to keep track of Belle -- she didn't really like the other dog that was on the trip, even though the other dog was incredibly sweet, likely because she's possessive and territorial. But, she was fine being outside, despite being tied to the tree for most of the day. We ate some amazing kabobs and had "banana surprise" for desert before hunkering down for another long and cold night.
Woke up Sunday and cleaned up the campsite before heading back home. We stopped on the way home a few times to take some pictures of the scenery. It was actually scary to see what we had driven up two days earlier in the dark -- hundred-foot dropoffs with no guardrails.. yikes! The views were great though, and we got a few good pictures (see Facebook album "Spring 2012"). Overall, it was a great experience and fun to get out in nature and really rough it (no bathroom = roughing it, in my opinion). It was also nice to meet some new people. We're looking forward to our upcoming trips -- keep an eye out for posts in a few weeks!
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