Maybe I'll find a dry wash and follow it for a day, just to see if I can scare up a panther or two. That would make me a happy person. But Rita Blanca is two hours from here. Eastern New Mexico is a little closer and also contains some lonely landscape. Trouble is, I don't know whose land it is.
Some landowners are touchy about trespassers.
Because I prefer not to get shot on my day off, I'll skip New Mexico this time. Hey, look here. I've not yet visited. There are parts of the park where no one ever goes, and, since I prefer to keep it that way, I'll not say exactly where those parts are. But they would sure make a splendid hike on a chilly fall morning.