arrangements in a bit of disarray

Still waiting... waiting now for some missing piece to fall into place that will make our path clear.

Walter's foot is healing up remarkably well. I'm going to start him on a rehab and conditioning regimen tomorrow, in hopes that he will be up to at least light road riding 11 days from now. (Having our packs hauled for the first week if possible, and starting out at only a few miles a day.)

Eleven days from now is Saturday August 3, the date I had set to leave one way or another. If we're hauled to NM, it's the latest date Linda can take us... she's going out of town the following week. It's also the latest we can ride out of here and make it to KC in time to arrange to return to AZ before October, or ride west to the NM border and arrange same from there.

As far as arrangements though, doesn't quite seem to be falling into place. I've called and contacted everyone I can think of and still haven't found a drop-off base camp in central NM, nor a trailer from NM to AZ or a single trailer haul from OK to AZ.

So if Walter isn't healed up enough to continue the ride, not sure what I'll do.

I think what I'd like to do at this point, assuming Walter is recovered and conditioned enough, is ride west to Texas, maybe even across it to Clovis, NM if there's enough access to water and graze; have us hauled past the empty stretches and extreme drought danger of west TX/eastern NM into the mountains of the Gila National Forest; and ride back to Tucson from there.

But at this point I'll take whatever patched-together combo of trailering and riding comes through!

I appreciate all of you who follow this blog...
if anyone reading this has ideas or suggestions, please contact me by email,
pentimental@yahoo.com

I can't respond to comments made on the blog (though I love reading them, thank you!).

In the meantime, I have access to a computer a few days a week here (at work) and will post updates as soon as I have news.