Ubertrip, Day 1:

Lukas and Allana arrived and we went off to D.O.M.E. to buy CamelBaks. I showed them the burn damage in town, and then we drove off to the caldera.

They were both impressed. Even though the government recently bought the land, the midget cows were still there.

We drove on to the East Fork trailhead and made our way to trail 137, which goes down to the East Fork River. The river winds between deep cliffs, and required in many places removing our shoes and wading up through the water. It was a strenuous hike and we quickly depleated our CamelBaks.

After four hours of hiking and wading, we made our way back to the car and drove to the White Rock overlook. I wanted them to see this in the light before we went to eat dinner. Dinner, of course, was at Gabriel's. The guacamole was the usual extraordinary.

At 10:45, we drove down to Albuquerque to meet nichol, who supposedly had just flown in from Minneapolis. However, when we arrived at the house she instructed us to go to, it was empty. Furthermore, the phoneline was busy.

We tried to sleep in our cars, but after an hour and a half of this, we gave up and got a motel. Got to sleep at about 3:30am.