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Mescalero Lake Loop - 1 member in 2 triplogs has rated this an average 2 ( 1 to 5 best )
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May 13 2013
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 Cloudcroft, NM
Grindstone Trail #91Southeast, NM
Grindstone Trail #91
Southeast, NM
Hiking avatar May 13 2013
imike • Triplogs 2,467
Hiking12.30 Miles 2,114 AEG
Hiking12.30 Miles
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Grindstone Loop Trail #91A
Grindstone Spur Trail #91B
Mescalero Lake Loop
Sawmill Canyon
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Well...Interesting to finally loop all of the non-trails in the Grindstone Mesa area. Checking with the official trail guide, it comments about the plans for the system of trails, soon to be signed and developed, back in 2002. Yet, the area is nothing like is noted in the book.

There is no loop trail nor any spur trail. There is a major road going up and over the Mesa. Oh, yeah... there is no Mesa either! The book talks about the lack of trail on the main route... there, it is now a major trail, it's just so poorly laid out (straight up hill!) that for most folks, it would not be liked. I need to go back up with a mountain bike to check out all of the roads... then maybe I can make a final assessment of the area?

There are full fledged survey and new trail flags over most of the trail areas... it appears that there is about to be real trails... more properly laid out. Or, they just wasted about 1000 flags!

so... how to do the write ups?

One More Bus Monday before the Forest gets closed?

Won a net 75 cents on the slots...
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Apr 23 2013
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Inn of the Mountain Gods, NM 
Inn of the Mountain Gods, NM
 
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imike • Triplogs 2,467
Hiking4.00 Miles 150 AEG
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Checking out the cheap bus fare route up to Ruidoso... fifty cents! The folks here at the Casino tell me I can hike on the Reservation, so... I need to check out the maps to see just what might work for Terri's Friday group. I can see Sierra Blanca just over a hill... might be fun to replicate my 1976 cross country trek? Probably not. Old and stupid is likely different from young and stupid.

Oh, yeah... just a note: out in the food kiosks and shops around the Casino, drinks tend to cost a couple of bucks for a 20 oz bottle. You can simply walk into the Casino, cross to the far back left corner, and score self serve drink fountain... no charge! Spend the saved bucks on a couple of slots!
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