Rio Mora, July 3, 2015

It’s the Fourth of July weekend so we are expecting lots of campers, along with campers come fishermen and women.  Since Mark and Byron don’t like to share fishing locations we anticipate hiking some distance to get to a long, empty spot on the river.  This really works into Mark’s plan.  He and Byron have fished the Mora several times and never made it upstream more than a mile or so.  Those of you that have been following my blog know that they rarely make it more than 20 minutes upstream from the last people they see before they have to stop, put together their gear and start fishing.  This time Mark’s goal is to make it to the confluence of the Mora and Bear Creek somewhere between one and a half and two miles upriver.

Winter's recession, March 13, 2015

Today’s weather forecast is for a 60% chance of rain.  Will the weather forecaster’s prediction be right a second time?  Last time we hiked we got both rain and snow.  We are going anyhow; it’s warmer so if anything it will be only rain.

We’re going to the Pecos Wilderness just east of Santa Fe.  Our goal is to hike along the Pecos River possibly to the Box then take a look at the Rio Mora.  

Pecos Wilderness, Rio Mora, Aug. 1

Rio Mora

We know we are taking a chance on hiking today.  The monsoon has appeared this July.  I hope I am not jinxing the balance of the year, but I think it may be wet enough that we will not have the widespread forest closure we have had the past several years due to the drought and subsequent fires.