{"id":281,"date":"2025-06-01T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/?p=281"},"modified":"2025-06-01T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:25:06","slug":"into-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/2025\/06\/01\/into-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Into Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>June 1, 2025<br \/>&#8216;Red line&#8217; mile marker 502.3 to 523.1<br \/>Hiked today: 20.8 miles \/ 33.5 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098484528861377929067795-639x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098484528861377929067795-639x1024.jpg 639w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098484528861377929067795-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098484528861377929067795-768x1231.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098484528861377929067795-958x1536.jpg 958w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098484528861377929067795.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last night, when we reviewed our progress, we discovered that we were only 21 miles out of our next town, Grants, New Mexico. It was easily possible in a day if we got going early and didn&#8217;t drag our feet. We were started before 6 and were rewarded with a view of some elk near the road soon after starting. All through to the intersection with the interstate, we were walking beside the massive lava flow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000009852792199478733116794-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000009852792199478733116794-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000009852792199478733116794-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000009852792199478733116794-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000009852792199478733116794-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000009852792199478733116794.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We only had a few stops in the morning and had completed 15 miles to the interstate by noon. (It was also our fourth &#8220;tenner&#8221; in a row &#8211; where we complete at least 10 miles by 10am). On our map app, there was a pin saying &#8220;Subway and I40&#8221;. We assumed it meant that there was a subway to get under the I40 Interstate, but it turned out to be an actual Subway sandwich shop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098558288961337082433951-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098558288961337082433951-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098558288961337082433951-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098558288961337082433951-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098558288961337082433951-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000098558288961337082433951.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Overpass to Subway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With good appetites, we managed to share a footlong and Rob still had room for another 6 inch sub while I enjoyed some crisps and we both had plenty of ice cold soft drink. While relaxing in the AC we have booked a motel ahead in Grants for 2 nights, tomorrow will be a zero for us &#8211; resting, no hiking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we walked the final 6 miles into Grants, we crossed paths with Scoop, who was starting the section we had just completed because he missed it earlier due to injury. We wondered what happened to him later as we got completely drenched by a thunderstorm with hail just as we reached Grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in the motel we are relaxing after a hot shower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 1, 2025&#8216;Red line&#8217; mile marker 502.3 to 523.1Hiked today: 20.8 miles \/ 33.5 km Last night, when we reviewed our progress, we discovered that we were only 21 miles out of our next town, Grants, New Mexico. 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