Day-3 started with a beautiful sunrise behind the mountains, the presence of a few clouds at sunrise added color to the sunrise. Followed the usual drill and had a heavy breakfast. Also, we packed our lunch today as we wanted to do the SOUTH RIM.
We reached the hiking place at 9:50AM and after re-shuffling the bags headed towards the trail head. Surprisingly there was no map available for south rim. MK took a photograph of the displayed trail map and R remembered the trail names and junctions.
So began the biggest hike any of us had done. The initial gain in elevation was pretty steep and we got split into two groups, me with MK and S enjoying the scenic beauty and the huge rocky mountains and the rest ahead. After around 3 miles the elevation gain stopped and the land became flat for some time (around a mile). The last 2 miles was another elevation gain and we almost stopped to have lunch when some one walking back suggested us to hike up 15 more mins and we will be at our destination.
We packed our bags and hiked to the end. Enjoyed the spectacular view of the chisos basin and the chihuahua desert from an elevation of 7500ft. Devoured the sandwiches, the fruits and some trail mix. After resting half an hr or so we all got some energy back and started the descent trail.
Instead of going back the way we came, we went around the mountain on a different trail. The return trip seemed more brutal but more scenic and beautiful at the same time. Lot of us had some or the other forms of leg injuries and the water reserves were going low too. After hiking around 3 or so miles we started to spot the place where we parked our car, but disappeared after a few minutes. Some of us started walking in different styles to avoid pain. At the end of grueling 3 and half hours the hike ended and we were all happy to see our car.
We again ate at the same restaurant inside the park and headed towards the cottage. On the way back we saw one of the most beautiful sunsets. Even though we were tired, we played UNO for some time and celebrated Dr. R's birthday and dozed off.
Day 4 - also started with a beautiful sunrise but not as spectacular as day before and finishing up all the remaining breakfast items we had left. Started packing up and make a quick stop into the park to check out the Rio Grande village and hot water springs, turns out the spring water was barely warm let alone hot. And finally we headed back to Austin,on the way we had lunch at the same pizza place where we had dinner previously. Ms. S ate almost all the Jalapenos in the pizza and we returned to Austin at 8:30PM.
We reached the hiking place at 9:50AM and after re-shuffling the bags headed towards the trail head. Surprisingly there was no map available for south rim. MK took a photograph of the displayed trail map and R remembered the trail names and junctions.
So began the biggest hike any of us had done. The initial gain in elevation was pretty steep and we got split into two groups, me with MK and S enjoying the scenic beauty and the huge rocky mountains and the rest ahead. After around 3 miles the elevation gain stopped and the land became flat for some time (around a mile). The last 2 miles was another elevation gain and we almost stopped to have lunch when some one walking back suggested us to hike up 15 more mins and we will be at our destination.
We packed our bags and hiked to the end. Enjoyed the spectacular view of the chisos basin and the chihuahua desert from an elevation of 7500ft. Devoured the sandwiches, the fruits and some trail mix. After resting half an hr or so we all got some energy back and started the descent trail.
Instead of going back the way we came, we went around the mountain on a different trail. The return trip seemed more brutal but more scenic and beautiful at the same time. Lot of us had some or the other forms of leg injuries and the water reserves were going low too. After hiking around 3 or so miles we started to spot the place where we parked our car, but disappeared after a few minutes. Some of us started walking in different styles to avoid pain. At the end of grueling 3 and half hours the hike ended and we were all happy to see our car.
We again ate at the same restaurant inside the park and headed towards the cottage. On the way back we saw one of the most beautiful sunsets. Even though we were tired, we played UNO for some time and celebrated Dr. R's birthday and dozed off.
Day 4 - also started with a beautiful sunrise but not as spectacular as day before and finishing up all the remaining breakfast items we had left. Started packing up and make a quick stop into the park to check out the Rio Grande village and hot water springs, turns out the spring water was barely warm let alone hot. And finally we headed back to Austin,on the way we had lunch at the same pizza place where we had dinner previously. Ms. S ate almost all the Jalapenos in the pizza and we returned to Austin at 8:30PM.
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