Wow, what a day!
Three of us (Patty, Evan and myself) decided to do an alternative route that took us up through Gila national park.
one other guy (Jim) did some of our route, but decided to cut it a little shorter. The rest of the group chose to follow a more direct and much shorter route.
In the way up to the park we passed through the town of Pinos Altos, just as you would expect a cowboy town. First we met a chap along the road, who looked like he should be out prospecting for gold or something similar. His name was ' Moose' , he had the longest beard I have ever seen. Then there was a saloon, that I half way expected Clint Eastwood or John Wayne to come wondering out of. The saloon and what was called ' the opera house' next door were getting on for about 200 years old. I can only imagine the goings on that these places may have seen.
There are remnants of cliff dwellings in this park and although we did not have the time to visit these the landscape and views on the route were spectacular. The cliff dwellings date back to 'the Puebloan people' who lived in the area during the 13th century. There is also evidence that the Chiricahua Apache's lived in this area from the 15th century and that the legendary Apache leader Geronimo was born in the area.
It was a pretty hard day's cycling though.
We cycled 88 Miles with an elevation of 7698ft. Crossed the continental divide twice more today.
We left camp just after 7am and got into camp in Mimbres just as dinned was served at 6pm. It was very cold when we left camp, because again we are up in the mountains.
We are camped just outside the town of Mimbres in a wide open space, beautiful night sky.
Saw a Scorpian scuttle across the recreation room. Described it to someone as quite small, apparently the size described is a fully grown adult, that could give a nasty sting.
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