CEBOLLA WILDERNESS, NORTH PASTURE. June 13, 2007. After Pie Town, Erin, Yoakum, Kershaw and LeDoux headed north down a county road through a stretch of private land eventually entering BLM land adjacent to the Cebolla Wilderness. There was a brief personality conflict between the 2 mules - a bit of kicking and biting- getting to kno
w each other. The next day the team entered and passed thru the wilderness travelling 30 miles; they exited at a beautiful expansive lowland call North Pasture camping below some cliffs at its northern edge. In North Pasture a black calf who was separated from his mother adopted Kershaw (a black mule) as his mother, following him along the trail for over a mile; Kershaw refused the deal slinging a hind foot towards the calf repeatedly. The calf eventually accepted rejection and headed back up the valley. Erin in a blatant attempt to get a corporate sponsor quenched her thirst in a commercial pose for Gatorade. The place is adjacent to the El Malpais (bad land) National Monument, an enormous stretch of porous lava rock that is not negotiable by horse or even mules.
w each other. The next day the team entered and passed thru the wilderness travelling 30 miles; they exited at a beautiful expansive lowland call North Pasture camping below some cliffs at its northern edge. In North Pasture a black calf who was separated from his mother adopted Kershaw (a black mule) as his mother, following him along the trail for over a mile; Kershaw refused the deal slinging a hind foot towards the calf repeatedly. The calf eventually accepted rejection and headed back up the valley. Erin in a blatant attempt to get a corporate sponsor quenched her thirst in a commercial pose for Gatorade. The place is adjacent to the El Malpais (bad land) National Monument, an enormous stretch of porous lava rock that is not negotiable by horse or even mules.
3 comments:
Hi Erin,
I hope you're having fun. What an adventure.
I was snowed-in in Grants, NM in 1979 on my way to California with a friend. We had just graduated high school, didn't want to start college, and were headed to L.A. I recall how beautiful, and rugged, the area is surrounding Grants and should have stopped there. Los Angeles wasn't anything great.
If you leave an address of somewhere you will be in about a month, I'll send you a nice care package. I did that for a friend riding the Pacific Crest Trail once. Just let me know what types of items you would like to receive.
All Best Wishes,
Tom
P.S. My Magnificent Steed is Buster, a QH gelding. He and I won't likely make a trip like yours, but it's fun to travel vicariously with people like you. I follow adventurers on the Long Riders Guild as well.
Erin, you made the news. Front page of the local paper, even! Complete with color pic.
If you want copies, you can contact:
The Mountain Mail
POB 1912
413 N. California St
Socorro, NM 87801
(505) 835-2030
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