heading over the middle fork of the Gila at the cliff dwellings tomorrow for a solo backpacking trip. I broke an old rule and started my trip book before getting in - For Whom the Bell Tolls. At one time I read everything Hemingway ever wrote and I don't know how I could have forgotten what a romantic he is? But this is the first time that I've done a trip in over a year and the first trip since moving to New Mexico. I'm still out of shape but if I have to limp in it won't be the first time. I especially look forward to seeing the Gila river as well as the cliff dwellings themselves. It is such a gift these mountains, this wilderness - Gila the oldest wilderness in the nation. Every once and a great while we humans do something worthwhile!
I'm hoping to commune with the spirits of the cliff dwellings and I pray for strength in more ways than one and I'll post back here how it goes.