Borrego hike

sun_pictograph, originally uploaded by craptastica.

Today, I took Sara's dad Owen for a long hike to the top of the mesa behind my house. That poor bastard didn't have any clue what was in for him. Yet, he didn't complain too much and besides slowing to a near crawl at the end he did quite admiraly.

I dread visits from Sara's family. We have absolutely nothing in common and as soon as they arrive I can't wait till they leave. I thought a hike may be a good way to pass the time with Owen. We've already been shopping and sightseeing just about everywhere, so I thought I could give at least one of them a different taste of New Mexico.

It turned out to be more than a taste but a five course meal!

Our hike started out innocently enough over mesa and canyon to get to a steep draw where we could walk straight up to the mesa top. By the time we hit the foot of the draw, we were pretty tired and hours had passed. So I decided that we'd walk to a saddle half-way up instead.

Right before we hit the saddle it turned out we hit an old trail that was made and regularly used by the pueblo. So, instead of stopping we just walked the trail all the way up. It was pretty exciting stumbling onto this find as I've heard of this trail from stories and even happened across some pictographs.

We eventually made it to the top and realized we missed our mid-day appointment for baths at the local hot-spring bath house so we immediately turned around and headed back down. Owen was dragging as for sure and I felt a bit tired as well considering all I've done lately is stuff myself with food and run errands. Yet despite the exhaustion I do believe it was a good experience for Owen and I and one we both found a highlight of their trip.