We let Lyle/Miles the dog go in a pasture since we discovered that neither Animal Rescue nor Animal Control would pick up phone calls. Acorn was with the little fella right before the highway road that lead into Cuba, NM which was next to a water source.

My legs hurt on the way in, walking on pavement is never an enjoyable experience, especially after 4 days of hiking. In town I walked straight to the Del Prado hotel and asked for the cheapest room, it happened to be a one bedroom smoking room. After checking in, I walked to the nearby McDonalds to make up for my calorie deficit. Hikers Mac, Moist, Oppa, Napoleon, Red Cross, and Chris were there having already been stuffed. I sold the floor space in my room to Chris for $15.

Back at the Del Prado I was happy to find the 4 adjacent rooms open and hikers lounging and drying everything in the sun. It was scene could be defined as straight up hikerThe Motel owner was mingling with everyone and offered me some Chinese food that she had just made, I ate it all happily after thanking her. I found that Sherpas birthday was today so we all planned to go to the El Bruno for dinner and margaritas at the end of the day. Mrs. Yang drove us all a ride to the restaurant for the celebration. Two women mountain bikers who biked in earlier in the day came out later, we discovered that they put in nearly 80 miles in today and are riding the 2768 mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR).