
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (2)
My friend Jaren and I headed down to Guadalupe this morning. I had checked last night, and while there was a fire, inciweb had reported it 30% contained two days ago. I couldn't find a current report, but the NPS website showed that three hiking trails were still open. Mental Note: Be sure to check conditions before you go... just in case of another lightning strike forest fire. The firefighting helicopter flew over us as we pulled up en route to fill up its water buckets. Th