Silver City, NM

4-20-24

After overnight stops in Kerrville, TX, Ft.Stockton, TX and a two night stay in Ft. Bliss, TX we are here in New Mexico! Yay! We are staying at Elks Lodge 413. Just a gravel parking lot, no amenities like a dog park, nothing. We are close to the historic downtown though. We found a great dog park in town and have been a couple of times.

Wisteria and lilacs are blooming profusely.

Recreational marijuana is legal here so everywhere you go there is an aroma.

Today we drove to see the Gila Cliff Dwellings. It was an hour and a half drive each way to get there not because of the distance but because the roads were curves and steep. We crossed the Continental Divide.

The three of us walked the mile loop to see the Cliff dwellings. Vic still dealing with the altitude and Zoe who is not used to strenuous hikes. At the end Zoe collapsed at the gift shop and said I am a service dog not an effing hiking dog! It was a very steep climb up and the paths were rough. It was 7 thousand feet at the highest point. No guard rails anywhere. Also no indication of the degree of difficulty. We should have gotten the hint when we saw a barrel of hiking sticks – free to use if you wanted one.

The Mogollon people inhabited the region between 1275 and early 14th century. All I know is those people were in shape!

After we got home …