It's always fun seeing my fellow hikers after not seeing them all winter. There were 19 of us at the start. They walked all winter, choosing each Wednesday where to go, but I wait to walk with them until the spring-autumn hike schedule comes out.
To begin, we walked downhill from the North Mesa picnic grounds to the Roundabout where we picked up the Bayo Canyon Trail. Someone saw pasque flowers along the trail but I didn't find this out until later. Pasque flowers are scarce this year due to the dry La Niña winter. I'm told there are a lot on the Gonzales Road - must check that out.
We took the connector trail up to the stables where we said goodbye to 7 of the hikers while the rest of us continued out to the end of Kwage Mesa where we had lunch with a tremendous view of Big and Little Otowi Ruins as well as all the way to the Sangre de Cristo mountains. I wasn't yet hungry so I drank in the view and later ate my lunch at the hike's end whilst they all gathered around the cooler to enjoy sodas and juices.
How lucky I am to be able to go on these hikes and how grateful I am for our hiking leaders and my fellow hikers! Another beautiful day in northern New Mexico - why would you want to be anywhere else!
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