It was fun to watch the tracks wonder off in the snow. I continued on the trail, and the tracks rejoined me after a bit. This happened 2 or 3 times on the ridgeline. I was on the lookout for the tracks not coming back. I was having a great day on a beautiful trail, reflecting on my memories of the place as I watched the present unfold.I have a long and sometimes painful history with Tanque Verde Loop. It was one of the first runs on which I got seriously dehydrated (Well over 4 hours of hard running with no water to speak of. Tough but foolish…). I’ve done the ridge in a snow storm while I was sugar-crashing badly, but had to get through it to get the 2 people with me down safely. This was the first run I ever DNFed, when I was too tired at Javelina to continue. I remember the ridge and basin before the fires, when the forest was thick. It’s still beautiful, but it’s different. Click on “Continue Reading” to see my account with pictures along the way. All the images are “thumbnails”. Click on them to see a larger picture (Which are still sized down to 40% of my camera’s full resolution.) (more…)
