It was my turn to find a hike we could do today. I chose this one because it was only 5.1 miles long. I keep forgetting that elevation climbing extends the hike to over 10 miles long, or so it seems, and then the sun came out from behind the clouds just as we were starting the hike so that extended the trail at least another 5 miles! So my Runkeeper may say that we only walked 5.5 miles, but our bodies make it feel like 20!
Devisadero means a “lookout” point or place. The peak, at 8300 feet, had once been used by the Taos Pueblo Indians to stand guard against the Apaches who would raid the pueblo. The views of Taso were pretty awesome. We started at 7,190 so we should have climbed 1100 feet but with the up and downs of the trail, we actually climbed a total of 1800 feet. My new boots were too tight so I had to stop often to add moleskin or bandaids, I climbed really slowly due to the elevation and the steep trail and we ran out of water. It was not the most pleasant hike we have ever completed.
John took me out to dinner tonight to celebrate our up-coming anniversary (August 19). We have been married 43 years! We ate at Medley, a three month old start-up restaurant. It was very good food, wine and service - they should do well.
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