Blogs from Silver City, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 2

We left Balmorhea at 8:30AM, CDT, I-10/20 split 9:00AM and continued on I-10. At 9:50 we changed to MDT; uhoh, now it’s 8:50 MDT. Paralleled the Mexican border/Rio Grande river for many miles and through El Paso at 10:30 MDT. Juarez Mexico close up, could see the border fence. Crossed the Rio Grande at 12:10, not so ‘Grande’ at this point. At 12:30 PM, MDT we were stopped by Border Patrol on I-10 in N.M. but not searched, waved on. Arrived at the “City of Rocks State Park” at 3:10PM, CDT, temp 103 degrees. (Hot Rocks) “A Dry Heat” lol Like a blow dryer in your face! After the sun went behind the rocks it cooled down and was Very Nice!... read more

CABALLO RESERVOIR TO FT. BAYARD TO SILVER CITY, NM Friday April 27, 2012 8:45 and it was 68 degrees and clear. Thankfully after rocking all night in the wind, it is clear and has stopped blowing this morning. Mileage at start was 24202. Started up in elevation going due west this morning on highway 152 toward Silver City. Quickly climbed up into the Black Mountain Range. Real trees at last!! You don’t realize how much you miss them when you’re driving through miles and miles of desert with only shrubs, bushes or just grassland. We drove through the interesting historical mining town of Hillsboro that had some really quaint buildings. It was founded in the 1870’s after gold and silver was discovered nearby. The town developed into an important mining and ranching center and ... read more

War voellig k.o... das is alles, was es zu diesem Tag zu sagen gibt. Ausser dass wir am Abend einen eher verrueckten Alien-Film angeschaut haben. Diese intensiven Farben gibts glaub i nur in der Hochwueste... des gruen is besonders schoen. Taeuschts mi, oda is des Blau vom Himmel hier intensiver?... read more

August 16, Tuesday I took my truck by R&L around 10 and left it there to be fixed. They said they had a lot of other jobs but would try and expedite the work as I was from out of town and more or less stranded. I thanked them and walked back to the Motel 6. I rented a room for a second night and decided to make the best of it so got on the Corre Caminos Transit shuttle bus which takes you around the town for 75cents. It will pick up at a turnout right next to the Motel 6 and Macdonalds but I didn't know this and walked up the road a bit to a turnout there. It was nice to be able to look around without having to watch out you don’t ... read more

after we got into buckhorn campground, 3 more cyclists showed up. the climb from 3 way was very difficult. we were all tired, it took us 5 hours to climb 3000 feet, and go14 miles. we still had 31 miles to go. granted bob and mary had an anchor. they averaged about a mile quarter faster than me. bob says we can't call them keith waits anymore. we have to start calling them sam slows. but we made it to the top as a group, 6250 feet. we had all we wanted and were patting ourselves on the back. 45 miles and 4000 feet of vertical climbing. the 3 cyclists came from safford 80 miles and 7000 vertical feet of climbing. bob says they're all made of gristle. the next day we got up and climbed ... read more