Wed 7/22 - AM 65 minutes

CR 150 to Zapata Falls trailhead. Not that long of a run but plenty of climb, from around 8,000 to 9,400'. The dirt road from the highway to the trailhead, first visited a year ago, was somewhat longer than I remembered it with unending switchbacks it seemed. Got going a bit on the stretch along the highway but that was as much to get off the highway as for any other reason. By the end I was feeling baked and parched. Some tightness in the right hammie, no doubt from all the sitting behind the wheel of late. Later in the afternoon, hiked up to the highest dune within sight of the visitor center and wandered in the creek which is flowing with a surprising amount of water after a wet summer in these parts.