Snow dusted desert, close to Mimbres, New Mexico. At about 6,000 feet.
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December 24th, 2011At home in the Laundromat
December 24th, 2011
Shorts probably hadn’t been the wisest of choices. Fine in the day when riding. But not camping in seven below. Or that was what’d been forecast for Silver City. Built-up areas tend to be a degree or two warmer. Not an especially apt description for Mimbres. Sure it was a lot colder here.
Stopping for the night in a small RV – recreational vehicle – park, I’d the blessing of the camp hosts to make myself at home in the Laundromat. Pitched my tent next to the tumble dryer air vent. Flashed up the stove inside for some reviving hot tea and my staple of instant mash and tinned something or other. The smaller electric heater barely seemed to dent the cold. Until I’d quickly headed outside to the tent to grab my map. Bitter almost beyond belief.
Seven below
December 24th, 2011Bitterly cold it may be – seven below forecast – but Ken finds there are quite a few compensations in a small RV – recreational vehicle – park in Mimbres
Snowy desert
December 24th, 2011Ken still struggles with the concept of snow in deserts. But not erectile dysfunction. Despite the wind chill…
Santa Rita mine
December 24th, 2011There’s gold in them there hills. Actually it’s copper mostly… But still worth a mint..
Above Silver City
December 24th, 2011Ken heads out of Silver City, climbing up towards the Emory Pass
Knobbly knees
December 23rd, 2011Ken waxes lyrical about making mistakes. Pity he’d not done the same to his legs…
Highway 180
December 23rd, 2011Ken’s at a crossroads. Well, sort of. And there’s more snow ahead..
Run for the hills
December 23rd, 2011Fervoured debate. North Sea crude versus West Texas oil. I wasn’t sure what the point of the enthusiastic discussion was. But someone did mention that in the UK gasoline was ten times the cost in the US. Chose to ignore this, resisting the temptation to ask how they spent on health insurance. I was certain I had the better deal.
I’d wandered once more into McDonald’s. Felt a bit embarrassed. I’d seen Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Super Size Me. Even got a copy. But, in truth, it was the draw of the Scrumptious fruit & maple oatmeal and an Egg McMuffin. Less than 600 calories. And a coffee of course. Also do fairly healthy salads, provide you hold the dressing. But not for breakfast.
Comforted my conscience with the knowledge that this was an early morning meeting place for the retired. Tough old boys who’d bettered themselves. They usually bought only coffee. Small. But then one got himself a breakfast sandwich. Sparked a debated on the menu choices, value for money and quality of the food. I think I preferred oil.
My own breakfast finished, packed up my netbook and pocket book I’d been scribbling in, and left. The snows had begun to melt but, much more importantly, the highway was clear. And it had been gritted, perhaps salted as well. Time to run for the hills. Reposition at a campground about thirty miles east, at the base of the Emory Pass. Bit over eight thousand feet. Seven below tonight apparently…
Silver City in the snow – Part two
December 23rd, 2011
Silver City, New Mexico
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