CDR Day 13- Sept 7

Getting a good nights sleep and waking up to the sun peeking over Bennet Peak, we broke camp so we could continue south. We worked our way across country again on forest service roads toward Chama.

Entering the Carson National Forest and the San Juan Mountains, we traveled cross country to theBrazos Overlook. What a beautiful place. Getting there required some serious off road driving in low range 4x4. At the top of the mountain there was a hut built on the divide for cyclists to use in case of bad weather or just to rest. It looked like a bunch of 10 foot fence posts stacked together in the form of a teepee. Not much room inside. We wondered if it was in a good place on the top of a mountain in a clear area. A likely place for lightning to hit.

We found a camp site not too long after in a small quiet meadow at nearly 11,000 feet. New York Strip steaks and baked potatoes tonight courtesy of Matt Hunt.

We re-provisioned in Chama on the way through account the trip from here to at least Grants will be long, dusty and with no way to get supplies.