We met up with our Irish friends Liam & Maria. Liam had heard about the Pino Trail, so that's what we decided to do. We set out on the hike at 7:30am
It's listed as a difficult trail, yikes!!
This was by far the most beautiful hike we've done in New Mexico. We hiked through an area that we're pretty sure was a turkey vulture nesing ground. They were eveywhere, it was slightly freaky.
At about 4 1/2 hours we started getting really tired. The kids found the energy to power through, and kept up with Liam & Maria, which is saying a lot because those two are super fast. Patrick & I took a pretty good break while they all went ahead. Patrick was having really bad leg pain and I was exhausted. We eventually caught back up with them, and finished the hike. It took us just shy of six hours to get to the top. I'm so proud of all of us! Our longest & hardest hike we've done before.
Yay, we did it!! We were so happy to take the tram ride down. Boy, am I sore now. It was a workout like never before. Hopefully I'll be pain free soon. :)
