Nero in Chama

The lady at the front desk of our hotel told us Fosters had the best breakfast in town so that was our first stop of the day.  It's a hotel with attached restaurant in an old historic building.  It was across the street from the train depot.  Chama has a steam engine locomotive that you can ride up to Cumbres Pass.  We met a nice gentleman named Jim who told us that there is a group that dresses up in period old western clothing and stage a train robbery.  It would have been fun to ride.  We had a lot of sorting and organizing to do at the post office.  Seven boxes between the two of us!  We had to make gear choices, decide what to carry and what to send ahead.  After reading reports on trail conditions this next leg we decided to carry snow shoes and ice axe and bounce the micro spikes.  We are going to be above 12,000 feet!  As we were walking through Chama a car pulled up and a nice lady offered us a ride.  We didn't have to hitch.  

She was a gem.  

Finally, back on trail from Cumbres Pass I couldn't stop smiling.  Our packs are heavy with the extra gear but carrying less water balances it out some.  It was such a beautiful evening though I didn't care.

 We only did three miles, stopping to camp at six at the foot of a big climb.  The sun is turning the sky pink and purple.