- CDT NM 2025 Day 23, Tuesday April 29
- Start mile 586.2 down from mesa
- End mile 613.1 near spring
- Miles walked: 26.9
I start the day crossing a deep river channel, dry. Could this be the Rio Puerco?
All day the route follows cairns past strange shapes formed out of sandstone and shale.
I pass the camp for Stitch and Machete.
A pileup of tumbleweeds blocks the route. Tiny tumbleweed sprouts are thick in the tread.
I pass castles, towers, cathedrals, and moats formed out of stone.
For the first time on this trip I see sagebrush, a narrow-leaf variety.
The route follows along the edge of cliffs, traverses slickrock, and makes an intricate path through the sandstone maze.
Finished audiobook The War of the Worlds, by H G Wells.