It's hard to get out of bed with such luxurious accommodations.
Obviously this is before I got myself all made up.
The wind came up when we arrived yesterday and blew hard most of the night. Since we went to bed after dinner we had plenty of sleep by 6:00 am. Hitting the road after 8:00 am, we rode the 4 miles to the next town, Safford, for breakfast at Denny's.
The sun was shy today and we rode into a stiff, 45 degree headwind all the way to the next town and our destination, Duncan. I wasn't really warm enough on the 43 mile ride and the hills served to heat me up a little, even with Jim pulling me.
The Simpson Hotel in Duncan offers a warmshowers opportunity. We got to occupy a little old trailer with a mattress and a cot.
Duncan is busy now since the copper and gold mining is experiencing a resurgence. Still a lot of buildings are abandoned.
We ate a late lunch at this bakery.
They were sold out of most food by the time we got there.
We went off the Adventure Cycling Association route today. We wanted to avoid the major climbing and the weather that goes with it. The route through Silver City, NM tops out at 8228 feet! We are staying on hwy 70 until we hit I-10 and take that to Las Cruces, NM.
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