Once, twice, three times a lady.

Day OneTen, October 5, 19 Miles
At Mile 2169, Poptart 812/1000
We walked from Canada to Cuba. Unbroken line of footsteps. That's right.
Followed paved roads, then the highway into Cuba. Passed some fairly ratty houses and their dogs. Learned from a local walking ahead of us that carrying dog food saves getting harassed too badly. Got to about the centre of the primarily boarded up town and were stopped by a local police officer named Tom. The trail literally follows the highway/main street through town so we're not an uncommon sight. He asked how all was going, weather, plans etc. We asked where the best place to breakfast was. He suggested Prescilanos and offered to drive us back there. So we piled into the cage and thanked him. Cuba continued to be a particularly friendly town, despite it's external appearances. It has everything a hiker needs and not having to hitch and being able to leave whenever and immediately be on trail makes our simple lives even easier. Hawkeye and myself went on the Peanut M&M hunt for our resupply. Dollar store ended up being the best place and we near on cleaned them out of M&M's. This is the section I had decided would be the 100+ mile Peanut M&M challenge. The make or break. Can you hike 25's for four days on sugar and chocolate covered peanuts? Budget and stock levels restricted us to 3500 Calories a day. Which is very reasonable actually. It is, however, a tiny amount of food volume-wise. Thus, we both have The Fear.
Left town early afternoon, it begins. Five miles along the highway then a well marked but lightly tracked route through all varieties of desert pointiness to Mesa Portales. Which was incredible. On the top edge of the Mesa, above a drop of a couple hundred feet. Cacti waiting to ambush the side of your feet every time you look up. Something amazing trying to slip by unnoticed every time you look down.
Made it to Jones Canyon but not quite the spring, we have enough water. Ate some Peanut M&M's. Still delicious.