Wow what a day! We were at about 4000 ft in Lordsburg and climbed over the continental divide at 6355 ft then went down and up and down and up and down and up--you get the idea--into Silver City which is at about 6000 ft. Total elevation gain of 3900 ft. Some really great downhills, but we paid for everyone with a commensurate climb. Good roads and good shoulders and little glass--wonderful. Weather was good with a tail wind on the initial climb and an afternoon temperature of only 68 degrees.
For once I wasn't the last one in because my camera battery went dead so I wasn't stopping all the time to take photos. Such a shame because there was some beautiful scenery, and because we are up so high there are lots of trees. We passed the Tyrone copper mine with huge, huge piles of tailings and materials shunted aside in the strip mining, which are now in the process of reclamation. I took a photo with my cell phone but not as good as with a camera.
Tomorrow is a rest day before we resume climbing up to an 8300 ft pass then its downhill (ha!ha!) to Florida.
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