TWA

Hey guys, I woke up early the smorning, itching to continue my five week adventure streak- googled TWA aircrash in efforts to find a route up to the crash site, each one warning of how strenuous it was and not to go alone...6:38 am- shouted "HEY CANDICE" across the hall to my roomate "want to go find the crash site?"she suffles around in her bed and asks "do we have to leave now, or can we go in like ten minutes" by 7:30 we are on the trail- no map, a broken compass, and no clue. A couple of scribbled notes, a few landmarks, 1 PB&J and 2L of H2O each. A quick two mile "warm up" we find the right trail. See the thing about the crash site is that there is no formal trail to it, you can either climb up to it from Baca Domingo trail. or scale down to it from the La Luz. Anyway we made our way up 2,000ft and 3.5 miles of a very convoluted (tortuous if you will) and overgrown trail to the site. Worth every penny- or calorie of energy spent. The entire plane is still there, in peices spanning from the initial memorial sign, two miles deep into the canyon entire wings ripped off by the canyon walls, the propeller blades, and a bunch of other pieces that I wish anyone of you had been there to identify. Anyway this is one of the neatest and most rewarding hikes I have ever done, partially because we had seen just glimmers of it from above when doing the La Luz trail to sandia peak, partially because it brought us deep into the thicketed woods that I didnt think exhisted in ABQ, forging a trail with someone as open to adventure and make mistakes as me, and topping it off with a stop on the way home to CESARS greek and mexican. Candice got a gyro and i got tacos... everybody wins. Put the wrong memory card in so only had 7 pictures... but I will be back, next time with a little more forethought...dad- i definately should have brought the binoculars! http://picasaweb.google.com/easchulze/TWA?feat=directlink Here is the story of the crashhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_260 Happy Trails,Elisabeth