Virgin Mesa, August 6, 2016

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I have to dig through my files from the book ‘Hiking Adventures in Northern New Mexico’ for a new place to hike.  I feel I’m under pressure to find something new and different for my experienced hiking partners Becca and Laurie.  The book has descriptions of many trails and a CD which has routes and waypoints for each of the trails.  It is a bit dated; last published in 2006, but I have found a number of trails that I was not aware of.  Today’s hike is one of those.

West fork of the Santa Barbara, July 15, 2016

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I’m on my own today.  My hiking, fishing and photo buddies are busy so I have the choice of deciding where I want to go today.  I have a few places on my list so I feel the need to check one of them off.  Santa Barbara River in the northern portion of the Pecos Wilderness is my choice for the day.