• Day 2:
• We arrived at the Beaverhead Work Center very late in the day. Water was available. The pay phone was out of order, not a living soul would answer any knocks, and there were no cars around. We were still on private or non-camping property so we biked north for about 2 miles and as soon as we arrived on NF property we pitched a tent and set up a late evening camp. We were exhausted.
• Night 2:
• Our Backup Burner Malfunctioned. We had a backup bottle of partially used fuel and the stove system would not stay lit. We do not know what happened. When we got home, we re-tested the system and everything worked. We think that the sprits that travel with us (we have many) wanted to make sure that we did NOT travel forward.
• DECISION: We decided that I would hitchhike back to the transport vehicle for our second Travel Leg's food supply - It was the smart decision.

Above Left: A frosty beginning.

Above Right: The morning view.

Above Left: Break fast, then pack.

Above Right: Cross Black Canyon Creek, then climb climb climb.

Above Left: Each day, the trailer packer (me) usually gets better. On this day we got no further than 100 yards/meters past the first hair pin turn and I realized that we had lost a bag (not pictured). Terry went back downhill to recover the bag.

Above Right: Our back trail, 1 hour later, same valley climb, we're only 1/2 the way up the total hill climb.

Above: A wider view of our climb out from Black Canyon.

Above Left: It took us a couple hours and a lot of energy to climb out of Black Canyon. We decide to take a little rest break of 5-10 minutes.

Like in hiking and backpacking, 5 minute breaks once an hour is a long established key for long term survival.

Above Right: In the exact place that we decided to break, we discovered a person's clip on sunglasses. They are still there.

Above: Side views of the local area from a ridgeline crest.

Above: We pass by an older coral, still serviceable. Notice the telephone terminal box on the raod side of the coral, we have seen these junction boxes about 1 per every mile; it was like this for the entire this GDMBR Route Segment.

Above Left: Pine tree lined road.

Above Right: Cedar tree lined road. This is actually OK for gravel placement, not too much gravel and there are non-rock lanes (unlike Day 1).

Above: A view across the Diamond River Valley.

Above: Different breaks along the topout.

Above: The beginning descent into Diamond Creek Valley. BTW, not a drop of water in this huge valley.

Above Left: Descending into Diamond Creek Valley.

Above Right: Arriving into Diamond Creek Valley. Dry, dry, dry.

Above: Diamond Creek Valley (GDMBR, Gila NF, NM).

Above: Standing in a dry creek bed in Diamond Creek Valley, heading out northward (GDMBR, Gila NF, NM).

Above Left: Pedaling northward and out of Diamond Creek Valley.

Above Right: A sandy wash (left side), just waiting to happen (on the climbout from Diamond Creek Valley).

Above: A knarly old cedar trunk at the topout of the climb north from Diamond Creek Valley.

Above Left: We're on the topout from Dry Diamond Creek Valley to the Wall Creek Valley.

Above Right: We looked for an owl or other bird, but the nesting hole was empty.

Above Left: We're taking a break and the road conditions are very good here.

Above Right: That far canyon wall has a creek with water; it is Wall Creek and Wall Lake.

Above: The Wall of Wall Canyon, Wall Creek, and Wall Lake (which is barely visible to the far left side).

Above: Water Collection Operations. There are Private Property / No Camping signs everywhere. We have no choice, we either get water here or we don't make it.

Above Left: A view of the Bee at Wall Lake (GDMBR, Gila NF, NM).

Above Right: 8+ Miles to go).

Above Left: One of the feeder creeks to Wall Lake.

In 20 miles there is Public Water (available at a Freeze Proof Faucet) at a the NF Beaverhead Work Center, after that location (traveling northward) the only water to be counted upon is to be found in just a few Water Tanks for Cattle (which requires a filter for safety).

The next ground water source (100 miles north of here) is a small pond just on the other side of the Great Divide Crossing (#23), maybe 500 yards/meters north of Valle Tio Vinces NF Campground.

Above Left: Our complete ride is in Mountain Lion and Bear country (Deer Pelvis).

Above Right: Wall Canyon climb-out (semi-arid, rocky, shrub terrain).

Above Left: Dennis and the Bee on the topout from Wall Lake Canyon, .

Above Right: We're passing by NF Road #696, ~4 Miles to the Beaverhead, still in Cedar and shrub country.

Above Left: Our view to the east.

Above Right: The terrain has changed to a woodland pine forest, still with good road.

Above Left: Old forest fire burn scars, we're descending into the valley of the East Fork of the Gila River (which is dead dry).

Above Right: Dry creek and unofficial camp area. If there had been water here, we would have camped. We've been pedaling for about 8 hours.

Above Left: Critter hole.

Above Right: We're about a mile away from the Beaverhead, once a big fire rolled through here.

Above Left: NM State Road 59 just merged into NF 150 from the west and overlaps for a mile or two and then breaks east while NF 150 continues north.

Above Right: This is Geronimo (Apache) Country. Geronimo is a variation of the Spanish word for the English word Jerome.

Above Left: Gila NF Beaverhead Work Center: There is public water access here but no one is here for the next two days. The public telephone is 'Out of Order', there is no Cell Phone connection and NO Camping is allowed. There is a Nice Public Outhouse here.

Above Right: Terry is speed reading the posted literature for any relevant information. Notice the frost proof water faucet and toilets in the background. We filled up all of our water bottles and our 2 gallon (8L) water bladder here and then moved onward.

Above Left: About Geronimo.

Above Right: Relative Distances (for motorized vehicles).

Above Left: We had to pedal another 1 to 2 miles to get off of private property. We knew it was private property because there were signs, Private Property, No Camping, No Water, No Telephones, especially posted at the Bar Diamond Ranch compound.

We were drop dead tired and as soon as we crossed the last cattle guard with no signs of private property, we stopped and pitched a tent.

Above Right: Sunset.