Purple Mountain Majesties

Take a walk in the mountains of New Mexico with Boy Scout Troop 13 from Champaign, Illinois, as we trek across Philmont Scout Ranch. We experience mountain tops and gold mines, horse rides and the Old West. Learn about rainbows and the colorful history of travelers and graffiti. Of course, we reflect on value of hiking and why we do it. This the expanded version of a Philmont Trek Journal with much ancillary material. All persons and places are real.