Antelope Wells (Mexican Border) to Silver City NM

Antelope Wells, the US Mexican border. We started on a 125 mile trip from here to Silver City, New Mexico.  The biggest surprise for us was the Border Station's water wasn't potable.  One of the Border Patrol hand filtered all of our water for us, but, if you plan on doing this bike ride, bring your own water.  Fortunately, the day was warm, and we had a tail wind -- wahoo!

Buffalo Crossing?  Here?

First night camp: Hatchet Mountains just past where the CDT crosses the road we were riding.

Blooming Cholla

Hachita was a tiny -- and I mean tiny -- town we went through on our second day.  According to Yogi and other sources this town has groceries, a bar and a PO.  We found nothing open but the post office.  The post master graciously gave us 10 small bottles of water that we transferred to our various larger bottles. 

Pancho Villa paid a visit to the area around Hachita.  Though Democrats, we wonder if Woodrow Wilson did the right thing entirely.  I think we will stop for every one of these road side signs on this trip.

Do you remember our post at the Monarch Crest Store in Colorado?  Probably not, but this place was very much the same, although this store did have some useful stuff.  Jay got some earbuds, and they kept a box for us for the rest of our ride to Silver City.  And if you want a ton of fireworks to light up in the desert, well, this is your place...

Camp on the Separ Rd.

Sunset the first night on the Separ road.

Yuccas and tire puncturing goat heads. In the morning we woke up to both of my fold-down panniers fallen off and Jay with a flat tire.  We finally got off at 9:45 am.  The ride on Separ road was really fun with short ups and quick downs along rolling terrain.  In the late afternoon we started to climb finally getting to the Continental Divide at about 6000 ft.

The Separ Road 30 miles of Sandy hills culminating in a 1200'climb to meet up with hwy 90

The cactus are in bloom! Awesome flowers

We camped on the Divide about 25 miles from Silver City and awoke to a beautiful sunrise.

This is a roadside flower that looks like a nettle and a poppy?

Tonight we are in Silver City with Bikers (not the self powered kind) in rooms all around us.  We are dreading the late night partying.  Ready after  Kevin's hard work for our next leg through the Gila to Pie Town!