Though the hike was hot and long and the poor dogs had to get cactus pulled from their bodies for hours during and after the hike. I think that everyone had a good time.
10 Down and 90 To Go
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Ninth Hike - Santa Fe Trail
Not sure what possessed me to do it, but I thought it would be a good idea to hike the Santa Fe Trail on Memorial Day weekend with three dogs - I was watching my friend's two English Springer Spaniels. The Santa Fe Trail is Hike #4 in the Eastern Plains section and we (Brad Winch, Bailey, Kirby, Dyson, and I) hiked this 6 mile hike on May 30, 2010.
Kirby on the left and Dyson looking at me. I thought it would be nice and open for them to run around - which it was. The problem was that there was no trail and there were cactus everywhere. We had to stop every few feet to pull out cactus thorns and give the dogs water since it was brutally hot.
The hiking book said that the hike holds little challenge (obviously he didn't take a dog) or intrigue (very true), but it is of historical interest. The Santa Fe Trail runs for 900 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. This was a trade route and not of one of emigration.
The route is marked with waist high stone markers which can be seen from a distance and leads a pretty much straight line from the trail marker to an Overlook.
Though the hike was hot and long and the poor dogs had to get cactus pulled from their bodies for hours during and after the hike. I think that everyone had a good time.
Though the hike was hot and long and the poor dogs had to get cactus pulled from their bodies for hours during and after the hike. I think that everyone had a good time.
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