Two hiking visitors

9/17/09: The morning brought some cool temperatures, and waking up in the 3 season Florida tent, I was slightly chilled. Don't you know! I bought that tent never realizing it had 4 large permanent vents in the roof? I warmed a bit and did my spiritual reading, my morning meditation and then started picking a few tunes on the guitar. Before long, I could hear voices nearby, and getting louder. Shortly, 2 hikers arrived. There was a man and a woman. They were well outfitted with modern gear. The gentleman had a camera harnessed to his chest. It looked very convenient for hiking. I asked for directions to the visitor center at the Gila and was told that I needed to travel 20 miles or so further West on 152 to get to the Gila N.P. I thanked them for the directions and they left. While I was packing, the woman came back down the hill to my tent site and asked for a ride back into town. She said her hiking partner was more of a trail runner and that after they'd stopped to talk to me he'd picked up the pace a bit too much. She asked for a ride back to her home. She helped me finish loading and I drove her and her gear back to town. I stopped for lunch in the town of Hillsboro and enjoyed some fine southwestern tacos.