May 27, 2015
North of GHOST RANCH, NM I left Ghost Ranch with Dr John after breakfast. We had a big climb and encountered a fried; a rattlesnake. All three of us remained motionless for a while until it slithered off. I took a video of it. We wandered along forest road and had a fortuitous wrong turn on 373 that cut some miles and got us back on the official CDT faster. We saw some wild turkeys and elk; I got some video of the elk After 15 miles I came to my planned camp site and water source. Dr John went…