RE: [Philmont]: Burros

I keep seeing posts that say a burro is slow. We must have been lucky
last year because our burro hiked at our normal pace. And our crew was
not a slow hiking crew. The day we picked the burro up was a pain since
they started the training a half hour late, but that was not the burro's
fault.

Our burro picked us. The crew had selected another burro and then this
one came up like he wanted to go with us, so the crew switched.

We did have to have a little hart to hart talk with our burro the
morning we got him out of the pen and he would not hike towards Pueblano
but would take off towards Ponil. It took a bit of effort to get him
turned and moving in the right direction. Once we were past Pueblano
and on the way to Head of Dean he switched back into high gear.

Our crew originally did not want the burro, changed their mind just
before we got to Philmont which was a good thing since it was required.
Most of them bought the stuffed burros at TOT Traders after the trek. I
think that shows that the burro was one of the highlights of the trip.

Phil Brown

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Received on Sat Mar 25 21:07:55 2006