Date: 11/4/20 Miles: 22.7Total Miles: 2396.7 While Lordsburg floated into the distance behind us, we were swallowed by the great wide open now surrounding us. Not a tree in sight, not a cloud in the sky, and not a breath of the wind that, until now, had been a constant companion to help offset the...
Entr’acte
Date: 11/3/20 Miles: 4.6Total Miles: 2374.0 In less than 5 miles, there's only so much excitement that can happen. In the hours before taking even the first step of those 5 miles, we tossed and turned in our little home on the windswept and sun baked sands of the desert outside of Lordsburg. Like a...
A Dream of Canada
Date: 11/2/20 Miles: 23.0Total Miles: 2369.4 August may not be an enjoyable time to find yourself in the desert, but November certainly is. Rather than boiling the water in our water bottles, the temperature topped out in the mid-seventies yet again. Combined with an unrelenting sun, it’s enough to remind you of where you are...
A Farewell to Pines
Date: 11/1/20 Miles: 22.2Total Miles: 2346.4 There's an expression in sports, embraced by coaches and players alike, that can start to sound rehearsed, robotic even, if you listen to enough postgame press conferences: “It's a process. Trust the process.” Pick your favorite sport, collegiate or professional, and there's bound to be no shortage of coaches...
Trick or Treat
Date: 10/31/20 Miles: 25.0Total Miles: 2324.2 When I was a kid, Halloween was my fascination. No, obsession. Every year, I'd read the same Halloween-themed books and even dress up in the same Dracula costume. Every....year. There was something that drew me in about the season and about all things macabre, which was surprising considering how...