Wrapping up the GET…?
One trip down, another starting soon. Lee and I are leaving this afternoon to Phoenix for the AZT slideshow. It was fun going through our pictures from that trip — it was one of my favorites.
Then it’s on to Magdalena to pick up the Enchantment Trail where we left off last time.
Plenty of unknowns and challenges on this route. Steep climbs, fire closures, heavily mountain biked areas (Cedro/Otero), land grant boundaries, sandy washes…. what more could a bikepacker dream for?
If we make it to Albuquerque we’ll have ridden all of the GET, more or less, and in sections. There are a couple small pieces (all well known dirt roads) that we haven’t been on, but we’ll be more than ready for an full GET attempt. There are enough variations, updates and missing pieces to make such an attempt very interesting indeed. Besides, it’s never been done.
We’ll see though. While it’s true that there are plenty of other trails to explore, the GET has been a rewarding obsession for the last year and a half.
I won’t be on the computer for the next ~week.
