May 19, 2015
North of CUBA, NM I had an early breakfast with Boston Bones at the Cuba Cafe and then went back to the del Prado for an 8:00 call to Miami University. I was informed that at the annual spring meeting of the Pulp and Paper Science Foundation (which I obviously missed) I was given the Pioneer Award for long standing service to the foundation. Wow! After that warming news I hit the pavement on a warm and sunny morning. The pavement turned to mud, trail tread, slush, and icy swamp as I climbed to over 10k feet through the los…