We left for Philmont a little past 6:00 AM. The mood was high and everyone was excited.
After leaving Austin, we experienced bus problems. There were four buses in the convoy, and bus one could not move faster than 45 miles per hour. We finally made it to Abilene, Texas and ditched bus one. The other three buses continued on to Texas Tech for lunch.
Our trip continued to Las Vegas, New Mexico for dinner. For dinner, we ate at Highlands University. By the time we arrived there, bus number one had caught back up to us.
After dinner, we hit the road again and arrived at Philmont at 12:00 midnight. There were no wall tents available, so we had to set up our backpacking tents for a few hours of sleep.
