SILVER CITY, NM Took a little side trip to Silver City, which is just 50 miles north of here. There are signs that Mimbres culture were in this area long ago and were mining copper and turquoise for centuries before they, like a lot of the indigenous native people, disappeared. The Apache Indians were in the area and mining copper when the Spaniards came along. Silver City is a very interesting little place, named of course because they found silver and started mining it in1870. Unlike a lot of these silver rush/gold rush towns however, the town’s founders decided Silver [View Full Entry]

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I parked the motor home and spent four great days with Bev in her new digs. Left Austin in brilliant sunshine on Thursday morning, temperature about 75 degrees; pulled into Fort Stockton 45 degrees, I had to put a sweat-shirt on for the first time since March!! Friday morning was grey and dismal but I was New Mexico bound. I really love Texas, it is so diverse (in every way). I entered through the Orange, Texas border where the landscape is absolutely flat - and travelling on Interstate 10 it stays that way for more than 300 miles. In Austin [View Full Entry]

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2007 Trek Lyn C I left Abita Springs, LA on May 5th on my first leg of the 2007 Trek. After an amazing 15 miles I was parked behind Debbie and Bobby's house in preparation for a joint birthday party for my two youngest grandkids. Kid's birthday parties aren't what they used to be, just check out the water slide that the party goers enjoyed. Early morning on the 6th I set out for Texas, stayed over one night in Beaumont on my way to Houston to have some maintenance, warranty work and additional equipment installed on the m [View Full Entry]

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