By 8:30 this morning, Papa and I were on our way down the road toward the corner where Colter and Dallin began our most recent fence replacement project. It was a beautiful, warm morning. We came within a few feet of a small herd of deer. We hiked up, down, and more up and down, through lechuguilla, across burbling creeks, and then back home along the road. Four and a half hours after we started our hike, we were coming back through our house gate. We had a terrific hike!