Cibola in New Mexico Pt. II

[jbeegoode]

The series continues, the intros completed and now, the first naked hike.

DF and I resume the story of our camp in Cibola National Forest, Mountain Aire section at Red Cloud Campground. We have a rough start with all of the other visitors, but manage to find a completely to ourselves huge section of New Mexico to wander in. I put a whole lot of pictures into this one...never so many.

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Jbee

[nuduke]

Interesting.  Some of that landscape is so reminiscent of the UK apart from some variability in speciation!  But the wide shots show the land to be so much vaster than anything we experience here.
John

[jbeegoode]

You can walk many miles there with no human trace.You are on your own. The fires help to open up and keep a bearing by sight.We were just in a n mood for a walk that extended moment by moment. If we had planned, taken more water, we could have hikes much farther. If you lug more water and a backpack, you can camp way out. I haven't checked the place for streams.

You can just park on the side of the road, or a turnoff anywhere and just do day hikes. We could have driven and camped half way in and then walked and walked and definitely nude the whole time with my 4x4. BUT this is a full hard day's drive from home.
Jbee

[nuduke]

You ought to come to the UK, Jbee and experience the contrast with the vastness of your land.
You just can't experience that which you describe in Cibola.
We have wide open spaces sure, but no day's walk will really be out of sight of some population.  You have to work hard to keep in the 'wilderness' if you want to.
The vast majority of our sceptred isle is covered with people ........who are textiles!


John