We made it to Mexico! Last Wednesday, after 2400 miles and 123,000 vertical feet of total ascent, Fi and I finally crossed the border from Columbus, NM into Palomas, Mexico. Within 5 minutes of rolling into town, we pulled up to a storefront that sells souvenirs and also serves as a bar and restaurant, where a woman working there saw us coming and immediately thrust a beer and margarita into our hands. "You made it from Canada!" she exclaimed. "You deserve a drink, first ones are free!" We didn't have the heart to tell her that we had started out a little south of the US-Canada border, lest we jeopardize our newly awarded free drinks. Our path to Mexico led us south from Silver City, through the sleepy desert town of Hachita, NM, where we met
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