Wrong. Head and cross winds all day. Turned to tail wind for the last ten, but it was too late, the damage was done. Combine with yesterday's efforts and we were exhausted.
That's not to say that the day was a total loss. We crossed the continental divide east of Silver City, that's some sort of milestone. Everything now reaches to the Atlantic, just like us.
We also met Pat and Eileen. Jerry found Pat and Eileen on the warm showers website and they made room for us in their home. Pat drove out Route 180 in the morning to find us and to see if we needed anything, and later Pat and Eileen rode out to ride with us for the last few miles. They even tolerated our insistence that we stop at the continental divide for photos.
After a few beers and a tasty, tasty dinner of pasta and meatballs, salad, bread, and strawberry rhubarb pie with ice cream for dessert (Tasty!) Pat entertained us with stories of his long distance cycling adventures and Eileen entertained us by performing traditional Irish music. Eileen has also performed with the Albuquerque Philharmonic. Eileen mentioned that the Silver City Folk Music Festival is often looking for musicians to perform so I showed her Dana and Susan's website and suggested that they might be a good fit. I'm sure they don't need my help, but what the heck. You should all check it out. http://www.robinsongs.com/
One more thing: I'm asking again, does anybody have a recommendation for a better iPhone blogging app. I find Blogger to be frustrating.
Yeah! Continental Divide! That is the biggest deal to us Geology Geeks. It's all down hill from there.
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Are you sure it isn't the iPhone that creates the blogging problem? Your thumbs have likely worked as much as your legs on this trip.
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