May 16, 2015
CUBA, NM After a night of rain I awoke to a clear and sunny morning. Three hours later I was climbing mountains in mud, rain, snow, and hail. The storm activity was all day long, and the hardest part was the mud. I was sliding all over the place and my shoes felt like I had ankle weights on. The last two days were some serious work. I think I had 26 miles to go today, and was surprised to get into Cuba at 5 pm. There is a big backlog of hikers here due to storm activity. It was…