Philmont 2016 - Day 14 - August 16, 2016

The last day of our trek.

Time to leave Philmont and head for home. We woke up to another beautiful morning at Camping Headquarters.

Looking back on it, I can only remember two mornings during our trek that we didn't wake up to a beautiful day. We had lots of days with rain in the middle of the day or early afternoon, but overall, and especially based on conversations we had with other crews along the way, we were very lucky with the weather we had!

After waking up and getting our things together, we had one last breakfast in the mess hall and then waited for the bus to pick us up and drive us back to Denver Airport. The bus came, we loaded ourselves on board, and left the gateway to Philmont Camping HQ behind us.

On the way back to Denver, we stopped once again at the Golden Corral for lunch. After 12 days of "Phil-food", we were all really excited to dig in!!!

Upon our arrival at the airport, we found out that our flight home was delayed by a couple of hours. What a bummer!!! The boys played cards and found other ways to pass the time.

Finally, it was time to board the plan for the flight home!

The overview map of our trek.

• Starting in the lower right hand corner, the circle with the number "2" beneath it was the start of our trek at Six Mile Gate.
• The triangle above that, with the number "2" next to it is Anasazi.
• Above and to the left of that, the square with the number "3" next to it is Metcalf Station.
• Near the top of the map, the square with the number "4" is Seally Canyon.
• Above that, the square with the number "5" is Whiteman Vega.
• Going back towards the center of the map, the square with the number "6" is Dan Beard.
• The circle/square to the lower right of that with the number "7" is Ponil.
• To the left of that, the triangle with the number "8" is Elkhorn.
• To the left of that, the square with the numbers "9" & "10" is Miranda.
• Back towards the center of the map, the triangle with the number "11" is Santa Claus.
• Finally, the circle with the number 12 next to it was the end of our trek at Ute Park.

In the end, our Philmont trek was an amazing experience. I can't wait to go back to Philmont!!!