{"id":100,"date":"2016-04-29T20:34:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T20:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montybillpct.net\/blog2016\/?p=100"},"modified":"2017-01-29T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:19:34","slug":"setting-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montybillpct.net\/blog2016\/2016\/04\/29\/setting-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, April 29 Setting Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"april-29-3\"SUMMARY:\u00a0 It was a cloudy but warm morning at 6:30 am–we were walking to the Greyhound station with jets rumbling overhead, when for just a minute, a bit of rainbow appeared ahead of us–the Bible signal for “God keeps His promises.”\u00a0 We cheered and hurried on.\u00a0 The Greyhound ride to Lordsburg was like riding through the sea, where the “water” was sagebrush and the mountains were” islands.”\u00a0 Now we’re at the EconoLodge, and we’ve already met 2 hikers who will be with us on the shuttle tomorrow!<\/p>\n

DETAILS: Fixit’s watch alarm worked this morning, though it wasn’t really needed–we were already awake.\u00a0 We stepped out into\u00a0a cloudy but warm\u00a0day at 6:30 am, and we were walking to the Greyhound station with jets rumbling overhead, when for just a minute, a bit of rainbow appeared ahead of us\u2014the Bible signal for “God keeps His promises.” We cheered and hurried on.<\/p>\n

At the Greyhound station, we discovered that 1) Greyhound considers our trek poles to be potential “dangerous weapons” and 2) We cannot bring our packs aboard–they have to go underneath with the other luggage.\u00a0 We were not prepared for this!\u00a0 But Fixit lived up to his name–he battled with my ancient, stiff trek poles till he got them apart and I could tuck them into my pack.\u00a0 Then we had a very good breakfast at the “Cactus Caf\u00e9” in the Greyhound station, and were intrigued to watch some people paying for breakfast with bags full of nickels, dimes & pennies.<\/p>\n

The Greyhound ride to Lordsburg was like riding through the sea, where the “water” was sagebrush and the mountains like islands.\u00a0 There was a progressive change in the other plants as the miles rolled by–different kinds of cacti, even some wildflowers, and interesting grasses.\u00a0 The mountains mostly look like they were originally lava pushing up through waterlaid sediment, and each mountain has clouds gathered over it, just like real islands in a real sea.<\/p>\n

\"april-29-1\"\u00a0 We arrived in Lordsburg in time for lunch at McDonald’s and walked to the Econo Lodge in windy and cool weather. We got some stuff\u00a0to\u00a0eat on the trail\u00a0at the \u00a0at the gas station next door to the Lodge, \u00a0but at the same time we were mourning the fact that the Kranberry’s restaurant across the street was closed.\u00a0 Kranberry’s has been feeding CDT hikers for a long time, but turns out they had a fire and will not reopen for some time.\u00a0 Bummer.<\/p>\n

Fixit\u00a0spent quite some time this afternoon trying to figure out Guthook’s CDT app. He also put my trek poles back together\u2014it was a wrestling match, but he did it! No device breakdown can stop Fixit. And we got to meet Masshole and Stummy, a young couple who will be on the shuttle to Crazy Cook tomorrow with us.\u00a0 They are really excited about\u00a0starting the CDT, and so are we!<\/p>\n

At dinnertime, we wandered up and down Lordsburg looking for someplace to eat, but almost everything was closed and boarded up.\u00a0 There was a place on the other side of the railroad tracks, but a freight train was sitting there blocking the way–it finally moved on and we scrambled across to the El Charro restaurant for a good meal.\u00a0 Walking back to the EconoLodge, we could hear the sound of a youth baseball game.\u00a0 If we weren’t having to start hiking tomorrow, I would have gone to watch.<\/p>\n

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