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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Getting back from Albuquerque to Phoenix, my best option would be to fly. It has been some time since I have taken a backpack on a plane. If I pack it tight it could be a carry on. What about trekking poles- are they allowed as carryon or will I have to check my pack?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pack is 24"- 26" long. Poles would be secured on the side.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Comments?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Getting to Deming is no problem- straight shot over on Amtrak from Tucson. I can't get a train out on Sunday, March 31 though, so will head out on Monday, April 1. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keith, I can spend the night in Deming in the Motel 6 and then get an early start on Tuesday. I am going to strip my gear down and go for a 3 day trip from the Border back to Deming. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I walk slow but I can go all day! Early morning until sunset. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I need to be in Mimbres before April 17- I am planning on being there in Mimbres around the 15th of April. 4/5 days after that I should be at Doc Campbell's store. 9/10 days after that at Pie Town.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1 day at Jordon Hot Springs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>enough for now.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Trekking poles on planes? Yes or no?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Trew<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>