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<DIV> At least to the Burro Mtns, a few mi N of
Lordsburg, the CDT is in pure Chihuahuan Desert; if you like deserts, as I do,
don't miss it. Here's a map link:</DIV>
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href="http://cdri.org/desert-explorer/the-chihuahuan-desert-2/chihuahuan-desert-map/">http://cdri.org/desert-explorer/the-chihuahuan-desert-2/chihuahuan-desert-map/</A></DIV>
<DIV>CDRI is the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, about 10 mi from where I
live. "It should be inherently obvious to the discerning student that..." most
of the Chihuahuan is in Mexico. It's a huge desert. </DIV>
<DIV> Hiking Big Bend NP in early spring, when the Big
Bend Bluebonnet is in bloom is pretty damn nice. (The BBB is 1 of 5 varieties of
Bluebonnet, all 5 the TX State Flower; but the Big Bend one has very tall bloom
stalks--I've seen them to 4 feet tall.)</DIV>
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<DIV> The drive to CC is 30 mi one way from Hachita,
about 10 on pavement, and takes up to 2 hours, as I recall; I've driven it once,
in 09 after ADZ...when I took Tika and San Gabriel down there, and ridden it
once, in '10 when I sectioned from CC to the Gila's. Except after a rain quite
possibly, one only needs high clearance for the drive, and as someone said, a
bit of throttle in a couple places. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob "Trekker"
Brewer</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>