Recent content by OkieDavid

I'm not sure where I'll be Sunday night but we can plan on meeting at the start on Monday morning. There's plenty of camping in the general area but I'm coming from Oklahoma so heading west and I understand that many will be coming east bound. I linked to the CDT hiking page in the earlier...

Hey guys, the southern terminus access is now in a military zone and background check is required. This really only affects the first couple of miles but if we want the photo op of the marker at the beginning, we'll probably need to start the process of applying for a permit by late...

I'm spoiled. I have a Four Wheel Camper so I do my cooking inside and have all the power I need. I basically cook a lot of the same stuff I cook at home since the camper also has a fridge. However, I carry any dishwater away from camp to disperse and even before I got the camper I tended to bag...

My two cents are this. New Mexico is a beautiful state however not every inch of it equally binge worthy (the first part of the route is pretty barren). So there will be sections where you would want to go slow and other sections where you might speed up. I think 5 full days would do it, maybe 6...

Sure, that's a factor too for gas mileage. When I did the Colorado BDR and the Wyoming BDR I was with a group and we went about 30-35 a lot of the time. I found that a little fast. When I did the NM BDR I was leading and kept it closer to 20 as I was constantly looking around, taking pics, and...

I've found it's more a case of how many miles are done in 4wd low and not so much as "on the trail". Definitely suck a lot of gas when doing 4wd low. Airing down also hurts gas mileage. Fortunately, New Mexico's sections of the CDT are fairly easy, I did most of the BDR in 2wd or at most, 4wd...

Wish I could have joined you for another trip, but this was a little too far west for me this go around. Hope to make another one of your trips (assuming you keep it up) one of these days.

It's currently out, can always come back but thankfully there was a lot of bi-partisan opposition. https://www.eenews.net/articles/senate-referee-rules-out-public-land-sales-in-megabill/

Yeah, unfortunately any time you head out west these days you have to include checking recent fire reports and if a trail has washed out after a recent fire.

Yeah, I've got the route already loaded in Gaia and I used Gaia for the NM BDR too.

I did the NMBDR the last week of August 2024, of course it crisscrosses the CDT several times, and I've spent time in NM on some of the other areas too, so looking forward to this.

Went last year, it was a fun event, and I plan on going again this year.

I've put it on my calendar but right now I don't think I'll be able to make it. I have something Friday that will probably run late so will want to sleep in Saturday but if things change I'll be there.

Totally. Of course, all auto manufacturers are heading this way it seems unfortunately.