Our last Continental Divide crossing

During our trip, we must have passed back and forth over the Divide about 20 times. Unlike most of our crossings in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana where crossing the Divide entailed monstrous climbs up steep mountains, this final crossing was pretty benign where the Divide (near the southern New Mexico desert town Hachita) is but a shadow of its former self.

Silver City to Palomas, Mexico... then to Las Cruces, NM

October 2nd 2015
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 h ... read more

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