Day 1 – May 9th 2015
Planes, taxis and greyhound buses... I made it to Lordsburg
NM today and that's reason to celebrate right there. My wonderful wife
took me to the airport this morning and it was pretty tough saying goodbye
knowing that I won't be able to see her for a while. The dogs were
clueless and used the morning to get some extra sleep. I managed to get
two, one hour flights with no layover in Los Angles. It worked out pretty well
and was one less hassle to deal with. As I boarded the flight to Tucson I
realized I forgot my Greyhound ticket in Reno, the Greyhound bus company
sucks. You have to have a ticket preprinted and there is no electronic
boarding. I begged the southwest baggage lady to help me out and she did,
crisis averted. A quick taxi to the bus station and some waiting around
and I was on the way to Lordsburg. My first Greyhound bus adventure and I’m
starting to understand why I’ve never taken a bus before. It beats any
kind of entertainment you can get on TV, seriously, the bus was full of crazy
people and the driver was crazy as hell too. I had the new Avenger movie
and Hot Tub Time Machine 2 on my cell phone, the trip wasn't that bad.
On the flight out of LA I recognized Mt San Jacinto from the
airplane, there are probably a few PCT hikers down there right now. It
looks like the just got a load of fresh snow.
Lordsburg
Everyone here is pretty nice, I mean
really nice. I made a wrong turn from the bus station and made a big loop
around town. I don't have cell data so I couldn't use google maps.
Eventually I made it to the supermarket and was given directions to a Mexican restaurant
to eat. I must suck with directions because I ended up wandering around
for another couple miles looking for the place, not a good start to a 300 mile
hike through the wilderness. Eventually I found it, turns out I walked
right past it but there was a train blocking my view. I made it back across
town with a full stomach, some beer and gatorade I picked up at the
store. BONUS!!! As I walked into the store I found a $20 on the ground,
FREE DINNER!!!
I'm staying at the Econo Lodge until
Monday and made friends with the person at the front desk, her family moved
here from Ohio a year ago and seems to like it. Again, everyone here is
very nice. Feel free to stop by if you're in the neighborhood....
On a bad note I never checked the insoles of my shoes and after walking around
all day I realized that they are in super bad shape. Hopefully a
little duct tape will hold them together until I can pick up my new ones when I
get back to town. By next Thursday the local post office will have 4
packages waiting for me.
Some more bad news, Katie got me a new 64gb SD card because the
one I already have is pretty much dead. Last night and this morning I
loaded it up with all of my music and audiobooks for the hike, about 40gb’s.
I didn't realized until I got on the plane that Sansa Clip MP3 player does not
support 64gb cards!!!! Now the computer I am working on will not recognize
my card, it keeps telling me it needs to be formatted, the injustice. I
hate SD cards.
Tomorrow I have a few errands to run and I
finally get to sleep in, first time in weeks. I'm sure I'll be back to
write about the awesome day I'm going to have. Joe gets in at 11 PM, he
didn't get lucky with the flight schedule as I did. I'm super excited to be
here, I haven't quite realized what I'm in for but an idea is starting to form
in the back of my head.
Until tomorrow.
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