The Rio Grande gorge was spectacular. The west rim
trail had great views down into the canyon. But Julie had the
camera at her class with Luisa Gelenter (right).
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The trail was completely exposed and I got a
pretty late start. Thunderstorms were predicted for the afternoon
and I was constantly working to be back before any lightning strikes
might happen. But Julie had the camera at her class.
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The thing that made the trail challenging was
picking out the path through all the small, sharp, volcanic rocks.
It was also difficult to judge when to turn around because it
sloped down away from the trailhead. So I wasn't too sure how hard
it would be to go uphill all the way back. I went out about 2 or
3 miles and then started back to try to beat the rain.
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Another difficult thing about the trail was
scheduling my mouth time. I wanted to keep taking drinks from my
Camelback, but it was hard to find time when I wasn't breathing.
Taking a drink was just too much time away from breathing.
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On the way out of town, we actually got a
shot of the Rio Grande gorge from the point of view of the trailhead.
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