With the call for a very windy day we thought another car
ride was in order.Once again we would try to get to the Gila Cliff Dwellings we
tried last year and it was too cold and snowy this year we made it as far as
Silver City and decided it was just too late in the day to go over another
mountain pass, it was just another 40 miles but because the pass is almost
10,000 feet it would take another two hours, so we stopped at McDonalds in
Silver City and after a drive through the old section of town we started the
two hour trek back over the pass and home.
We are staying in
Truth or Consequences New Mexico at Lake Calballo State Park and to get to
Silver City we had to go over the Emory Pass, which is almost 9000 feet
elevation. The switch backs were so tight that the speed limit was only 10 and 15
miles per hour on the curves. Needless to say the trip up and down was just
beautiful it takes you from the desert floor up to the Evergreen forest of the
Black Range and the Mimbres Mountains and back down to the desert. The weather turned out very nice, not as windy
here as they predicted and a high of 80degrees it has been pretty cloudy
though, which is unusual for New Mexico.
Lower elevation
Climbing
Emery Pass
Emery Pass
Emery Pass
We passed through the town of Hillsboro on the way, this is main street.
Hillsboro Church
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