The Jumping Off Point

A dear friend said “I have something I would love to do; I want to ride The Continental Divide!” I was so excited we needed to have someone to go with us and one thing led to the other and in the end we found a friend of a friend who had ridden it and was willing to go again, we had five riders and a plan……

In a matter of a month, we lost one if not both of the original three and changed locations from The Continental Divide, to The Arizona Trail. My brother is helping with some of the camping gear, one daughter is helping with pack gear, one with some horse training and it is looking like all I really need now is a pack horse and a couple of new pair of jeans.  

That AND:

·          Physical conditioning for all three of us

·          Some serious despooking

·          Time spent ponying the pack horse

·          To study maps and plans and figure out what I might should be doing to help

I assume there will be a good hundred miles between here and my first step onto The Arizona Trail; here is the jumping off point to my story.