Travel Blogs from Silver City, United States
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Deep In Tettegouche State Park
Minnesota's North Shore is endowed with millions of acres of national parks, state forests, national forests, wildlife management areas, forest preserves, national monuments, wildlife refuges, and state parks, and if you can believe it each has their ...
Tuesday, August 14 2007
Our day started at about 500 in the morning. Dad hopped in the shower and i tried to get a little more sleep afetr a restless night. We all meet downstairs at about 600 and suprisingly dad and i were there first. Dad ate a muffin and some juice but all i ...
wednesday, august 15th 2007
today we left the hotel at about 645. I was sooooo tired but dad seemed ok. We drove out to a place called CLIFF but had to stop many times on the way because someone would say something moved on a piece of milkweed on the side of the highway!!!!!!!! And ...
Exploring the Southwest
... 'with a digital camera. We hiked some and headed home to have drinks at Isaac's one of my favorite independent restaurants in Silver City. Tomorrow we are on the road again and headed for Santa Fe, New Mexico for a couple of days then ...
Monday, August 13 2007
... town. When we drove up it was a complete dump literally!!! Everything was run down and falling apart. We finally got to Silver City at about 800. we checked in and unpacked and dad went online while i ordered some dominoes for myself. That was ...
NADS Collecting in Gila Nat'l Park near Silver Cit
... and two Trail bars for lunch, and headed back for a quick shower before we headed out for supper at a Mexican place in Silver City. We couldn't get in to the Mexican restaurant where the rest of the NADS people were eating (Seems Dr. Jim didn't ...
Tumbleweeds and Aliens
... , and lots of cheese. Christmas day were making rhubarb jam, lefse, and krumkake. Trip stats: Leg #2 - Amarillo, Texas to Silver City, New Mexico Total travel time in car: 27 hours Total miles: 1570 Gas to date: $144 Trip tunes: The ...
Skiing in the UP!
... that borders Canada, which oddly isn't connected to the rest of the state. It was about a 7 hour drive to get up to Silver City on Lake Superior, and it really is like the movie Fargo up here, just white as far as the eye can see and ...
Bikes, Friends and Puppy Dogs
... Rhonda and their daughter Malina. Leah was racing in the Tour of Gila race. Others have mentioned to me that we should check out Silver City... How right they were. It is a magical little town full of friendly, caring people. Set high in the desert it is ...
The Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota
... . As we reached the Nebraska National Forest and crossed into South Dakota the rain got worse, and by the time we reached Custer City it was more snow than rain. The campsite has grass sites so it was hard work getting the trailer on, and by ...
Exploring the Black Hills
... , which seems to consist mainly of casinos, before heading back towards the campsite. The campsite is actually about 5 miles outside of Silver City so we decided we'd go and have a look. We're not sure how six houses and a Community Hall ...
From Rockin' Silver City, N.M.
... place though and were able to hook into some free wi-fi and watch the sunset - which was nice. Last night we strolled around Silver City and had a great dinner (thanks Uncle Scottie) at a place called Diane's. Well, that about wraps it up for now. ...
Silver City (aka Stuck City)
... perfect time to visit as there were few people at the ruins. We all enjoyed the quiet and peace of this scenic place. Silver City proper is an interesting mix of old Victorian buildings adobe structures and home to a thriving artistic community. We had a ...
Will I get car sick?
... . We arrived late in the afternoon, Jack cracked open a beer and I had a wine cooler (yep, dinner) and we called it a day. Day 2 at Silver City The desk clerk tells us, "It's 2 1/2 to get there, 2 to 3 hrs to visit and 2 1/2 hrs to return." So we ...
Day 14: Rest day in Silver City, NM
Day 14: Rest day in Silver City, NM Only about seven riders went out this morning to complete the ride from Buckhorn to Silver City while the rest of the group opted for a day off. Larraine rented a car and took several other riders with her to ...
Deadwood and the lawless West
Visit Deadwood of infamous fame. Climbed Harney Peak, SD highest 7,232 ft. Through Deadwood nd Lead historic lawles west Slept in Silver ...
Beginning
Page Three: "When they came South out of Grant County Boyd was not much more than a baby..." Silver City - county seat of Grant County, New ...
It's nice to be in town!
... “tenters”. They provide a grassy area to pitch tents on. This doesn't mean much until you understand that Silver City sets along the Continental Divide and is a resupply point for people biking or hiking “The Continental Divide ...
Burro Mountain Homestead, New Mexico
... rustic, but have deer come up and eat apples out of hand and they wander throughout the park. It's not too far from here to Silver City, NM. But the road in is 7 miles of dirt/sand and rough because of the lack of rain. Would be a good ...
Hot springs and hippies
... relief from the desert we have been seeing for most of our trip. We went over the Mimbres Mountains and down to Silver City. The Mimbres and the Mogollons were prehistoric peoples in the area before the Apache that built the cliff ...
Silver city
After exiting I25 and filling up at Truth or Consequences, we took a backroad towards our destination. Wow, this road is treacherous - very winding roads with cliffs off the edges and almost no guard rails. On top of that the rabbits ...
Snow
Thought I would take the senic route to Mesa. Hit snow. My baby (RV) don't like no snow. Headed back to ...
Porcupine Mountain
The drive to Porcupine Mountain was nice, as was the view at porpupine mountain. The lake putting you to sleep is pretty theraputic. Although i woke up at 5:30 or 6:00 absolutely freezing, so i bundled up as tight as i could and went back to sleep then ...
More from the Desert!
... here is over five thousand feet, the mountains that surround us reach up to eight thousand feet. In fact, our next stop, in Silver City, NM, will lift us,desert and all up to the Continental Divide! Bike rides haven't changed much, still hot and ...
Days 75-77 - Cherry Creek Campground
My friend from gradeschool and a haunted hotel Days 75-77, October 15-17, 2010 Cherry Creek Campground, outside of Silver City, NM--free 157 miles today, gas today $2.81 and $2.78/gallon Elevation 6,787’, 1,270 miles from home Upon leaving our ...
Gila Cliff Dwellings (It's educational!)
Not 24 hours after my death march from the Chisos mountains, I found myself hiking into the mountains again. This time, however, I didn't have a 30 pound pack, the trail was considerably shorter, and I wasn't spending the night. I got up and left Las ...
May 21, 2012
Today we headed into the past, to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park. The Cliff Dwellings were 45 miles north of Silver City, but because of the sharp curves and steep inclines of the road the trip took us 2 hours, the drive passed through ...
Day 14 - Across the Gulf Coast and Southwest
... from New Orleans to meet us and watch the show. You can say that they were some of my airshow groupies. When we arrived overhead Silver City, I gave myself a bit of bad news - all the runways (the four listed) weren't all usable by me: three of them were ...
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