Cycling with Grit and Perseverance

Total miles – 2592. 45 Total ascent- 167,298 ft Lots of headwind, I had to work hard these last miles! There were a few tarantulas on the road and I accidentally rode over one. After the finish it was a couple of hours drive to El Paso where most of us are flying home from.…

Our second rest day in Silver City. I walked around the old town in the morning and was unsuccessful in getting a haircut. There were posters up around town advertising the Diamonds and Denim Ball happening tonight, to benefit the Silver City Museum. Our small group decided to go so we spent the early afternoon…

Total miles – 2547.45 Total ascent – 166,773 ft Second to the last day and it was a long one.

A rest day in Silver City, New Mexico. After a leisurely morning Tim, Sarah, Jen and I rented a car and drove about and hour and a half to see the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. The drive was twisty and mountainous but beautiful. That pretty much filled up our day. We finished with dinner…

Total miles – 2469 Total ascent – 164,299 ft We decided to do a bigger day today and push all the way to Silver City. This will give us two rest days in Silver City before our final two days to the border. Jen and I saw a herd of javelinas but they moved too…

Total miles – 2382.95 Total ascent – 159,388 ft We started out on wet and sometimes slippery dirt roads. Ten miles of that and then onto the two lane highway for about 39 miles. The landscape reminded me of rural Oregon. Rolling, wooded hills and farms. Thankfully the road wasn’t very busy. It never did…

We took a day off today due to rain. There have been thunderstorms most of the day. The roads here are all but impassable when wet. Tomorrow we are going to detour from the route for three days to get us to Silver City. This means we will be riding on paved roads thus avoiding…

Since rain is predicted for tomorrow, which would make the sandy/ clay roads an impassable mess we doubled up two shorter routes today. We were supposed to camp in Pie Town but instead just stopped there for lunch and what else? Pie of course!! I had two pieces of pie!! Strawberry Rhubarb and Thunder Berry…

Total miles- 2269.35 Total ascent – 153,535 ft Today’s ride was absolutely delightful. The climb in the beginning was on a great gravel road and was gradual. We then entered into an area of the El Malpais National Monument. There was a huge area of an ancient lava flow.

Total miles – 2208.75 Total ascent – 150,914 ft Today’s ride was long and hard. Not much time for pictures because I felt pressure to not stop. We rode across the desert for about half the ride and then climbed up and up into a pine forest Sarah, Jen and I shared a cabin at…