<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello All -<div><br></div><div>I am guessing that Jim hiked the Chain of Craters route since he lost those particular maps from his NM book <g>. I hiked the other side of the lava fields (Ley alternate) when I did that section this fall and enjoyed the hike, rain and all. </div><div><br></div><div>I later drove north to south on the road that goes along (on and near) the Chain of Craters route and was curious if I could find any water along the way. It turns out that there is a modern obviously lived-in ranch place about halfway down the road that might turn into a useful water option (saw nobody around, didn't stop to talk) by doing a loop east off the trail to the road and back. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Jim, it looked like the Chain of Craters route would be a nice hike - I am wondering how you worked your water.</div><div><br></div><div>BTW, I was driving a C-Max and came close a few times to not making it back to hardtop. I didn't stop to check water quantity/quality at the windmill a few miles from the south end of the road because thunderstorms were all around me. If one had come over to add to the mud that I was already slithering through I would probably still be there…</div><div><br></div><div>- Charlie</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font size="2" face="arial">
<div><tt>I have a used NM mapbook, purchased last year. All maps were used and then replaced in the spiral binder. </tt></div>
<div><tt></tt> </div>
<div><tt>Maps 66 and 67 were lost. These are in the middle of the Chain of Craters route north of Pietown. </tt></div>
<div><tt></tt> </div>
<div><tt>I'm selling them to a good home for a non refundable $10 shipping and handling to the lower 48. I take Paypal.</tt></div>
<div><tt></tt> </div>
<div><tt>Rambler</tt></div>
<!-- end of AOLMsgPart_0_2ae9dda0-0ad6-4c48-98b1-cb0c487ca9d2 -->
</font>_______________________________________________<br>Cdt-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>