I’ve been all over the country in the last few weeks, and boy are you guys gonna get some long-awaited info from me this week. Might as well start by talking about how much I love the fair state of New Mexico. There’s a reason it’s called “The Land of Enchantment” (and yes, that is a rhetorical statement). Because it’s so enchanting (well, looks like I answered it anyways…)! I was over there for two weeks, and did everything from disc golf to hiking to tubing to hot-tubbing it in some natural hot springs. My cousin and I were even presumed dead twice by our parents. (Note to readers: do not walk to a river in the middle of no where, leave your phone and jacket on one side, then cross over and out of sight; just in case your parents find them and suspect the worst.)

I left my jacket on that post for a few minutes, thus claiming the mountain for Mary Washington

We hiked a mountain in Colorado up to what’s called “Sharkstooth Peak”, and it was one of the most awesome, epic things I have ever done in my life. The hike up to what we will affectionately call “the tooth” was beautiful and nice. But once you finally reached the tooth, it was a thin-aired, straight-up climb over thousands of loose rocks. The views were equally stunning. For evidence, just look below! (click to enlarge)

There are the thousands of rocks I was talking about

taken up near the top of The Tooth, the air was getting thin

Climbing straight up the rock that is Sharkstooth peak

Of course, this was just one of the many awesome things we did. I haven’t even started talking about disc golf (of which I am now obsessed)! But that’s a post for another time.

Happy Trails,
Sam.